Hiberno-Latin Saints' 'Lives' in the Seventh Century : Writing Early Ireland / John Higgins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higgins, John, 1633-1667, author.

Series:

Monastic life (Kalamazoo, Mich.)

Monastic Life and Venerated Spaces Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin philology, Medieval and modern--Great Britain--Congresses.

Latin philology, Medieval and modern.

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Great Britain--Congresses.

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Ireland--Historiography.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2024]

Summary:

As part of the historicizing corpus of seventh-century Irish writing, the Lives framed the narrative of the early saints as an effective weapon in contemporary political and ecclesiastical conflicts. Cogitosus’s Life of Brigit, Muirchú’s and Tírechán’s accounts of Saint Patrick, and Adomnán’s Life of Columba created the understanding of the history of early Ireland that has endured to this day. How did the writers accomplish this through their literary choices? The authors of Irish saints’ Lives used the literary form of hagiography (Christian biography), miracle stories, and an elaborate rhetorical style to present the words and actions of their subjects. These Lives created a narrative of early Irish history that supported the political/ecclesiastical elites by showing that their power derived from the actions of their patron saints.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Notes on the Main Texts

List of Abbreviations

Preface "Semen Eius Serviet In Sempiternum": The Power of the Saint

Chapter 1. Irish Lives and the Irish Past

Chapter 2. The Lives: A Response to Seventh-Century Ireland

Chapter 3. Creating a Past: Palladius, the "Past," and Historical Dossiers

Chapter 4. The Lives in Hiberno-Latin Literature

Chapter 5. Getting a Life: Saints' Lives and the Historical Dossier

Chapter 6. Saints' Lives and Miracle Stories

Chapter 7. Angels in the Details: A Close Reading of the Lives

Chapter 8. Making History in the Seventh Century

Bibliography

General Index

Index Locorum.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-5015-1559-4