Narrow your search

Library

UCLouvain (5)

KBR (2)

KU Leuven (2)

ULB (2)

LUCA School of Arts (1)

Odisee (1)

Thomas More Kempen (1)

Thomas More Mechelen (1)

UAntwerpen (1)

UCLL (1)

More...

Resource type

book (5)


Language

English (5)


Year
From To Submit

2010 (1)

2007 (1)

1991 (1)

1990 (1)

1961 (1)

Listing 1 - 5 of 5
Sort by

Book
St Nynia
Authors: --- ---
ISBN: 0748660488 9780748660483 Year: 1990 Publisher: Edinburgh: Polygon,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract


Book
Adomnán of Iona : theologian, lawmaker, peacemaker
Authors: --- --- --- ---
ISBN: 9781846821028 1846821029 Year: 2010 Publisher: Dublin Four Courts Press

Adomnan's life of Columba
Authors: --- ---
ISBN: 0198202156 9780198202158 Year: 1991 Publisher: Oxford Clarendon

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Columba is one of the best-known saints of the early Celtic church; through his foundation of the abbey of Iona he had a far-reaching influence on medieval Christianity. In about 700, a century after his death, the Life of Columba was written by Adomnán, ninth abbot of Iona. It has long been valued as the major primary source on the subject, for the light it throws on early medieval Scotland and Ireland, and as an important work of literature. The 1961 edition of the Life, by Alan and Marjorie Anderson, has long been unavailable. Marjorie Anderson has now revised both the Latin text and the English translation, provided new historical notes, and rewritten the Introduction to take account of recent work in the area. This new edition of a source indispensable for the study of the early medieval church meets a major scholarly need.

St. Magnus of Orkney : a Scandinavian martyr-cult in context
Author:
ISSN: 15691462 ISBN: 9789004155800 9004155805 9786611917289 1281917281 9047419553 9789047419556 9781281917287 6611917284 Year: 2007 Volume: 29 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

The focus of this book is on the cult of St Magnús, Earl of Orkney, who was killed in 1116/1117 in an inter-dynastic dispute. More specifically, it looks at the emergence of the Magnús’ cult in the twelfth century and the hagiographical corpus that was composed in his honour by Icelandic and English men of letters. These aspects of the Orcadian cult are not, however, examined in isolation but are rather placed within broader Scandinavian and European contexts. Moreover, they provide points of departure for the examination of important topics relating to religious life and literature in early Christian Scandinavia, such as the earliest cults of native saints and the perception of martyrdom.

Listing 1 - 5 of 5
Sort by