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The legend of Saint Patrick is irresistibly captivating-he drove the snakes out of Ireland, battled the druids, and used the three-leaf Shamrock to convert the pagan Irish to belief in the Christian Trinity. Yet, as so often happens, these stories are mere myths that fold under closer scrutiny. Snakes never plagued the Irish countryside, and the Emerald Isle's most beloved saint wasn't even Irish but a Briton of the Roman nobility. Fortunately, the truth is even more fascinating. In The World of Saint Patrick, classical scholar Philip Freeman offers the definitive account of Saint Patrick's life through new and vibrant translations of the greatest works of early Christian Ireland. This story of great violence, brutality, and even greater faith begins with two letters Patrick wrote describing his kidnapping by pirates at age sixteen and subsequent slavery. Although his grandfather was a priest and his father a deacon, at the time of his kidnapping Patrick had rejected his childhood faith in favor of atheism. Yet in this deeply moving narrative, Patrick recounts how he regained his faith during his captivity, and how the voice of God guided him both in his escape from bondage and in his eventual return to Ireland as a missionary to the very people who had enslaved him. The World of Saint Patrick delves into colorful tales of Patrick's struggles with pagan kings, soaring hymns of praise, and a prayer of protection against forces of evil such as "the magic of women, blacksmiths, and druids." Freeman also examines the life of Saint Brigid, Ireland's first female saint, and the legendary voyage of Saint Brendan and his monks across the western ocean. Both general readers with an interest in Ireland's saints and scholars studying religion or medieval history will be unable to put down this captivating tale of Ireland's greatest saint and the remarkable times in which he lived. - Amazon.

Christian saints --- Saints chrétiens --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Patrick, --- Brigid, --- Brendan, --- Ireland --- Irlande --- Church history --- Histoire religieuse --- Christian saints. --- Helgon. --- Kyrkohistoria. --- Brendanus, --- Brigida, --- To 1172. --- Medeltiden. --- Ireland. --- Ierland. --- Saints chrétiens --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- Christian saints - Ireland - Biography --- Patricius ep. apost. Hiberniae --- Patrick, - Saint, - 373?-463? --- Brigid, - of Ireland, Saint, - approximately 453-approximately 524 --- Brendan, - Saint, the Voyager, - ca. 483-577 --- Ireland - Church history - To 1172

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Civilization, Classical --- Greece --- -Irish language --- -Latin language --- -Romans --- -Ethnology --- Italic peoples --- Latini (Italic people) --- Classical languages --- Italic languages and dialects --- Classical philology --- Latin philology --- Erse language --- Gaelic language, Irish --- Irish Gaelic language --- Goidelic languages --- Classical civilization --- Civilization, Ancient --- Classicism --- Relations --- -Foreign elements --- -Latin --- Influence on Irish --- Ireland --- Rome --- Irish Free State --- Antiquities, Roman. --- History --- -Sources. --- -Relations --- -Civilization, Classical --- Irish language --- Latin language --- Romans --- Ethnology --- Foreign elements&delete& --- Latin --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- Griechenland --- Grèce --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- اليونان --- يونان --- al-Yūnān --- Yūnān --- 希腊 --- Xila --- Греция --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Sources. --- Foreign elements

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Most people have heard of the Celts--the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxically characterized as both barbaric and innocent, the Celts appeal to the modern world as a symbol of a bygone era, a world destroyed by the ambition of empire and the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe. Despite the pervasive cultural and literary influence of the Celts, shockingly little is known of their way of life and beliefs, because very few written records of their stories exist.

Mythology, Celtic.

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On the boundary of what the ancient Greeks and Romans considered the habitable world, Ireland was a land of myth and mystery in classical times. Classical authors frequently portrayed its people as savages—even as cannibals and devotees of incest—and evinced occasional uncertainty as to the island's shape, size, and actual location. Unlike neighboring Britain, Ireland never knew Roman occupation, yet literary and archaeological evidence prove that Iuverna was more than simply terra incognita in classical antiquity. In this book, Philip Freeman explores the relations between ancient Ireland and the classical world through a comprehensive survey of all Greek and Latin literary sources that mention Ireland. He analyzes passages (given in both the original language and English) from over thirty authors, including Julius Caesar, Strabo, Tacitus, Ptolemy, and St. Jerome. To amplify the literary sources, he also briefly reviews the archaeological and linguistic evidence for contact between Ireland and the Mediterranean world. Freeman's analysis of all these sources reveals that Ireland was known to the Greeks and Romans for hundreds of years and that Mediterranean goods and even travelers found their way to Ireland, while the Irish at least occasionally visited, traded, and raided in Roman lands. Everyone interested in ancient Irish history or Classics, whether scholar or enthusiast, will learn much from this pioneering book.

Civilization, Classical. --- Irish language --- Latin language --- Romans --- Foreign elements --- Latin. --- Influence on Irish. --- Greece --- Ireland --- Rome --- Relations --- Antiquities, Roman. --- History

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