Stephen J. Joyce

The Legacy of Gildas

Constructions of Authority in the Early Medieval West

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Produktbeschreibung

Provocative new investigation into the shadowy figure of Gildas, his influence and representation.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Celtic History
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781783276721
• ISBN-10: 178327672X
• Artikelnr.: 62567822

Autorenporträt

Stephen J. Joyce is a Research Fellow on the ARC Discovery Project, Addressing Injustice in the Medieval Body Politic: From Complaint to Advice , based in the School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies at Monash University. His research focuses on the British Isles in the early medieval period.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations
Introduction 1. Narratives for Early Medieval Britain and Ireland 2. Images
of Gildas 3. Gildas's De excidio - Authority and the Monastic Ideal 4.
Columbanus and Gregory the Great 5. Gildas and the Hibernensis 6. Bede and
Gildas Conclusion: The Legacy of Gildas Appendix: De communicatione Gildas
Bibliography Index