The Irish in Early Medieval Europe - Identity, Culture and Religion

Irish scholars who arrived in Continental Europe in the early Middle Ages are often credited with making some of the most important contributions to European culture and learning of the time, from the introduction of a new calendar to monastic reform. Among them were celebrated personalities such as St Columbanus, John Scottus Eriugena, and Sedulius Scottus who were in the vanguard of a constant stream of arrivals from Ireland to continental Europe, collectively known as ''peregrini''. The continental response to this Irish ''diaspora'' ranged from admiration to open hostility, especially when peregrini were deemed to challenge prevalent cultural or spiritual conventions. This volume brings together leading historians, archaeologists, and palaeographers who provide-for the first time-a comprehensive assessment of the phenomenon of Irish peregrini in their continental context and the manner in which it is framed by modern scholarship as well as the popular imagination.>

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• Authors: Dr. Roy Flechner, Dr. Roy Meeder Flechner, Roy Flechner, Sven Meeder, Meeder Sven
• Assisted by: Dr. Roy Flechner (Editor), Roy Flechner (Editor), Sven Meeder (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781137430595
• ISBN: 978-1-137-43059-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; B, History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Christianity, History of Religion, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Church history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, History of Medieval Europe, Europe—History—476-1492, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE