Christ in Celtic Christianity: Britain and Ireland from the Fifth to the Tenth Century (Studies in Celtic History) (Volume 20)
Brand: Boydell Press
Categories: Books, History, World



Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.81 x 9.21 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0851158891
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0851158897
Publisher: Boydell Press
Print length: 350 pages
Publication date: October 24, 2002
subtitle: Hardcover – October 24, 2002
author: Visit Amazon's Michael W. Herren Page search results Michael W. Herren Shirley Ann Brown
review: Editorial Reviews Review This comprehensive, if controversial, study of the Christology of the late antique and early medieval British church is undoubtedly one of the most learned and substantial contributions to appear in the field of Celtic Christianity. MEDIEVAL REVIEWStimulating. EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE(The authors) have shed a great deal of light on many features of the early churches of Ireland and Britain. Their profound scholarship is manifested in countless ways. THE INNES REVIEWA fascinating picture of early Celtic Christianity (that) will be critical to subsequent scholarship. SPECULUMNuanced and very well researched....Overall this is an important book. CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEWThis is an important book....There is much of great value in this study. JNL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY The writing is consistently engaging and renders the arcana of late-antique / early medieval religious thought eminently accessible and even compelling. CELTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER About the Author MICHAEL W. HERREN is Professor of Classics and Distinguished Research Professor at York University (Toronto), a member of the Graduate Faculty at the Centre for Medieval Studies in the University of Toronto, and an at the Centre for Medieval Studies in the University of Toronto, and an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy; SHIRLEY ANN BROWN is Professor of Art History and a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at York University.