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The Irish in Early Medieval Europe: Identity, Culture and Religion

Roy Flechner

Irish scholars who arrived in Continental Europe in the early Middle Ages are often credited with making some of the most important contributions to European culture and learning of the time, from the introduction of a new calendar to monastic reform. Among them were celebrated personalities such as St Columbanus, John Scottus Eriugena, and Sedulius Scottus who were in the vanguard of a constant stream of arrivals from Ireland to continental Europe, collectively known as 'peregrini'. The continental response to this Irish 'diaspora' ranged from admiration to open hostility, especially when peregrini were deemed to challenge prevalent cultural or spiritual conventions.

This volume brings together leading historians, archaeologists, and palaeographers who provide-for the first time-a comprehensive assessment of the phenomenon of Irish peregrini in their continental context and the manner in which it is framed by modern scholarship as well as the popular imagination.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press
  • Publish Date: May 13rd, 2016
  • Pages: 288
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 2017 - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.64in - 5.57in - 0.65in - 0.79lb
  • EAN: 9781137430595
  • Categories: Western Europe - GeneralEurope - IrelandEurope - Medieval

About the Author

Meeder, Sven: - Sven Meeder earned his doctorate at Cambridge University and worked at Utrecht University before coming to the Radboud University as lecturer in Medieval History. He has published in international peer-reviewed journals on the exchange of (insular) learning and is currently heading the research project 'Networks of Knowledge' on intellectual networks in the Carolingian era.

Praise for this book

"This welcome and affordable book provides a much-needed new introductory overview of early Irish culture as it relates to continent culture in the sixth and seventh centuries." --James T. Palmer, University of St Andrews, UK

"The volume both reflects the direction of current scholarship and points to future avenues of research; the further reading section will help students pursue their own studies. The Irish in Early Medieval Europe is an accessible introduction that will deservedly feature on student reading lists and be a help to interested academics." --Ali Bonner, Óenach, FMRSI Reviews, Vol. 9