Jonas of Bobbio and the Legacy of Columbanus: Sanctity and Community in the Seventh Century

ISBN-13: 9780190858001 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 344 str.

Alexander O'Hara

Opis

Jonas of Bobbio's life mirrored many of the transformations of the seventh century, while his three saints' Lives provide a window into the early medieval Age of Saints and the monastic and political worlds of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy.

Recenzje

An engaging study of a little-known figure, shedding new light on monasteries associated with Columbanus. In O'Hara's hands, Jonas of Bobbio emerges as a perceptive commentator on religion, politics, and culture in seventh-century Frankia, with particular interests in royal patronage and in the qualities necessary for effective monastic leadership.

O autorze

Dr Alexander O'Hara is a Research Fellow of the Institut für Mittelalterforschung in the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna and an Honorary Research Fellow of the School of History in the University of St Andrews.