Isle of the Saints : Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland / Lisa M. Bitel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bitel, Lisa M., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medieval & Renaissance Studies.

Religious Studies.

Local Subjects:

Medieval & Renaissance Studies.

Religious Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.) : 10 halftones, 4 maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Isle of the Saints recreates the harsh yet richly spiritual world of medieval Irish monks on the Christian frontier of barbarian Europe. Lisa Bitel draws on accounts of saints' lives written between 800 and 1200 to explain, from the monks' own perspective, the social networks that bound them to one another and to their secular neighbors.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction. The Saints and the Sources

PART ONE: SETTLEMENT

Chapter 1. Monastic Settlement

Chapter 2. The Monastic Enclosure

PART TWO: THE COMMUNITY

Chapter 3. The Monastic Family

Chapter 4. Clientship and the Division of Labor

Chapter 5. Saints, Kings, and Social Order

Chapter 6. Spirituales Medici

Chapter 7. The Politics of Hospitality

Chapter 8. Exile and Pilgrimage

Epilogue

Appendix A. Place Names

Appendix B. Saints' Names

Selected Bibliography

Subject Index

Index of Proper Names and Places

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501711770

1501711776

OCLC:

1129177063