Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland - Religion and Urbanism At Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise was among the busiest, most economically complex, and intensely sacred places in early medieval Ireland. In Animals and Sacred Bodies in Early Medieval Ireland: Religion and Urbanism at Clonmacnoise, John Soderberg argues that animals are the key to understanding Clonmacnoise's development as a thriving settlement and a sacred space.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Enclosure, Cattle, and Sanctuary Cities in Early Medieval Ireland
Chapter 2: Excavating Clonmacnoise
Chapter 3: Grounding the Archaeology of Religion
Chapter 4: Animals and the Rise of Clonmacnoise
Chapter 5: Animals, Tabernacles, and Towns: The Iconography of Sanctuary
Chapter 6: The Animals of Clonmacnoise in a New Millennium

About the author

By John Soderberg

Product details

• Authors: John Soderberg
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793630414
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-041-4
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, British & Irish history, Archaeology, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE