Life of Columba

ISBN-13: 9780198202158 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 352 str.

Adomnan of Iona;Adomnan; Alan D. Anderson

Opis

Columba is one of the best-known saints of the early Celtic church; through his foundation of the abbey of Iona he had a far-reaching influence on medieval Christianity. In about 700, a century after his death, the Life of Columba was written by Adomna'n, ninth abbot of Iona. It has long been valued as the major primary source on the subject, for the light it throws on early medieval Scotland and Ireland, and as an important work of literature. For some time unavailable, Anderson has now revised the Latin text and the English translation, provided new historical notes, and rewritten the Introduction to take account of recent work in the area.

Recenzje

'The wealth of material presented in the text and in the introduction allows all kinds of interesting discoveries ... indispensable ... for any scholar interested in Irish hagiography and ecclesiastical history.' Erich Poppe, University of Cambridge, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Spis treści

References and abbreviations; Introduction; Historical; Textual; Names; Methods of the edition; Facsimiles; Adomnáns life of Columba; Appendix; General index; Index of subjects