The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780521032117
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; History - General History; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Medieval; English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100; English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Irish influences; History / General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Medieval; Literary Criticism-English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; History; Christian literature, English (Old); English literature; History and criticism; Irish influences; Old English, ca. 450-1100
First sentence: A pivotal fact in the ecclesiastical history of the English nation, according to Bede, was that the Irish monks and missionaries who came to England during the first century of the conversion had certain distinctive customs that attracted the attention, and disapproval, of their counterparts who had been dispatched from Rome.