Churches in early medieval Ireland
Subtitle: architecture, ritual and memory
By: Tomás Ó'Carragáin
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780300154443
Subjects: Church architecture; Medieval Architecture; Liturgy and architecture; Architecture and society
Other titles: Architecture, ritual and memory
Description: This is the first book devoted to churches in Ireland from the arrival of Christianity in the fifth century to the early stages of the Romanesque around 1100, including those built to house treasures of the golden age of Irish art such as the Book of Kells and the Ardagh chalice. The authors comprehensive survey of the surviving examples forms the basis for a far-reaching analysis of why those buildings looked as they did, and what they meant in the context of early Irish society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Opus Scoticum : churches of timber, turf and wattle; title: Drystone churches and regional identity in Corcu Duibne; title: Relics and romanitas : mortared stone churches before 900; title: Pre-romanesque churches of mortared stone, 900-1130 : form, chronology, patronage; title: Architecture and memory; title: Architecture and ritual; title: Sacred cities and pastoral centres after 900; title: Architecture and politics : Dublin and Glendalough around 1100; title: Relics and recluses : double-vaulted churches around 1100; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix. Descriptive list of Irish pre-romanesque churches.