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Saint Patrick, AD 493 - 1993: v.13. (Studies in Celtic History) - Hardcover

Dumville, David N.

 
9780851153322: Saint Patrick, AD 493 - 1993: v.13. (Studies in Celtic History)

Synopsis

St Patrick's contribution to Irish history has been much celebrated but is also the subject of intense controversy. This collection of essays, commemorating the 1500th anniversary of his death, aims to take stock of various difficult issues which require reassessment. With respect to the saint's career, Patrick's own impassioned apologia pro uita suais a text to whose detailed message access is not easy. The later Irish sources for St Patrick are also difficult, but they cannot be cast aside. It is in fact doubtful whether they tell us much more about St Patrick, yet they may bring us material about Palladius, first bishop of Ireland, who became identified with Patrick sometime during the 7th or 8th centuries. The continuing medieval development of the legend and cult of St Patrick has its own interest as well as illuminating a wide variety of other historical and literary-historical issues,several of which are explored in this volume.

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About the Author

David N. Dumville is a Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, and Reader in the Early Mediaeval History and Culture of the British Isles in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge.

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