Early Christian Ireland
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Pages: Good
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At the crossroads of faith and civilization, Early Christian Ireland illuminates the remarkable story of a island nation that became one of the most vibrant centres of Christian culture in the post-Roman world. Máire and Liam de Paor chronicle the extraordinary transformation of Ireland from a pre-literate, Iron Age society into a thriving monastic civilization that would ultimately preserve and disseminate classical learning throughout a darkening Europe. Drawing on archaeology, art history, and historical texts, the authors present a richly detailed portrait of saints, scholars, and craftsmen who raised stone churches and produced magnificent illuminated manuscripts on the windswept edges of the known world. Part of the acclaimed Ancient Peoples and Places series, this authoritative work argues compellingly that Ireland's geographical isolation, far from being a disadvantage, proved to be its greatest asset — shielding its monasteries from the chaos engulfing the continent. The de Paors bring a formidable scholarly rigour to their subject, weaving together visual evidence from 76 photographs, 11 line drawings, and 3 maps to reconstruct a world that was simultaneously austere and breathtakingly creative. For anyone seeking to understand the foundations of Irish identity or the survival of Western learning, this volume poses a question that lingers long after the last page: what would European civilization look like had these island monks not taken up their quills?
Author: Máire And Liam De Paor
Format: Paperback
Genre: Ancient history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of faith and civilization, Early Christian Ireland illuminates the remarkable story of a island nation that became one of the most vibrant centres of Christian culture in the post-Roman world. Máire and Liam de Paor chronicle the extraordinary transformation of Ireland from a pre-literate, Iron Age society into a thriving monastic civilization that would ultimately preserve and disseminate classical learning throughout a darkening Europe. Drawing on archaeology, art history, and historical texts, the authors present a richly detailed portrait of saints, scholars, and craftsmen who raised stone churches and produced magnificent illuminated manuscripts on the windswept edges of the known world. Part of the acclaimed Ancient Peoples and Places series, this authoritative work argues compellingly that Ireland's geographical isolation, far from being a disadvantage, proved to be its greatest asset — shielding its monasteries from the chaos engulfing the continent. The de Paors bring a formidable scholarly rigour to their subject, weaving together visual evidence from 76 photographs, 11 line drawings, and 3 maps to reconstruct a world that was simultaneously austere and breathtakingly creative. For anyone seeking to understand the foundations of Irish identity or the survival of Western learning, this volume poses a question that lingers long after the last page: what would European civilization look like had these island monks not taken up their quills?