Columbanus and the Peoples of Post-Roman Europe
Author | : Alexander O'Hara |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190857967 |
ISBN-13 | : 019085796X |
Rating | : 4/5 (96X Downloads) |
Download or read book Columbanus and the Peoples of Post-Roman Europe written by Alexander O'Hara and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wonderful collection of essays the reader travels with Columbanus through the Christian West, from Ireland to Brittany, from Northern Gaul to the Rhine, Bavaria, Alamannia, and Italy. Through the great Irishman's encounters with secular and ecclesiastical elites, with various religious cultures, Roman traditions, post-Roman states and peoples, this volume illuminates the profound changes that characterize the transition from the ancient to the medieval world.