Gille of Limerick (c.1070-1145) : architect of a Medieval Church / John Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, John, 1948-

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Gilbert, of Limerick c. 1070-1145.

Gilbert, of Limerick c. 1070-1145--Correspondence.

Ireland--Church history--600-1500.

Ireland.

Church history.

Canon law--History.

Canon law.

History.

Local Subjects:

Gilbert, of Limerick c. 1070-1145.

Gilbert, of Limerick c. 1070-1145--Correspondence.

Genre:

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

176 pages, 1 unnumbered page color plate : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2001.

Language Note:

Texts in Latin and English on facing pages, with introductory material in English.

Contents:

Part 1 Gille, in His Own Time

1 Origins and Organisation 17

The early Irish Church 17

Twelfth-century reform 29

Gille's origins 38

2 Pastors and Prayer 48

Responsibility for pastoral care 57

The place for contemplation 63

The role of the laity 67

3 Hierarchs and Hierarchy 74

The hierarchs 82

The ecclesiastical grades 88

4 Enigma and Evaluation 92

Bishop of Limerick 92

Friend of Anselm 96

Gille retrieved 98

Part 2 Gille, in His Own Words

5 Scribes and Manuscripts 115

The writings and their origins 115

The manuscript sources for the writings of Gille 119

MS B.II.35, folios 36v-38r, at Durham Cathedral Library 119

MS Ff.i.27, pages 237r-242r, at Cambridge University Library 125

MS 66, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 131

The printed sources for the writings of Gille 140

James Ussher's editions 140

Richard Elrington's edition 141

Migne's edition in Patrologia Latina 142

The date of writing 142

Text and Translation: Critical Edition 143

De usu ecclesiastico 144

The diagram 146

De statu Ecclesiae 146

Epistola XXXI to Anselm 164

Epistola XXXII to Gille 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-174) and index.

ISBN:

1851824774

OCLC:

47731963