Author: Manus O'Donnell
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Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Betha Colaim Chille
Author: Manus O'Donnell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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The martyrology of Donegal
Author: Michael O'Clery
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Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Category : Christian martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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The Strange World of Human Sacrifice
Author: Jan N. Bremmer
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789042918436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Strange World of Human Sacrifice is the first modern collection of studies on one of the most gruesome and intriguing aspects of religion. The volume starts with a brief introduction, which is followed by studies of Aztec human sacrifice and the literary motif of human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature. Turning to ancient Greece, three cases of human sacrifice are analysed: a ritual example, a mythical case, and one in which myth and ritual are interrelated. The early Christians were the victims of accusations of human sacrifice, but in turn imputed the crime to heterodox Christians, just as the Jews imputed the crime to their neighbours. The ancient Egyptians rarely seem to have practised human sacrifice, but buried the pharaoh's servants with him in order to serve him in the afterlife, albeit only for a brief period at the very beginning of pharaonic civilization. In ancient India we can follow the traditions of human sacrifice from the earliest texts up to modern times, where especially in eastern India goddesses, such as Kali, were long worshipped with human victims. In Japanese tales human sacrifice often takes the form of self-sacrifice, and there may well be a line from these early sacrifices to modern kamikaze. The last study throws a surprising light on human sacrifice in China. The volume is concluded with a detailed index
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789042918436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Strange World of Human Sacrifice is the first modern collection of studies on one of the most gruesome and intriguing aspects of religion. The volume starts with a brief introduction, which is followed by studies of Aztec human sacrifice and the literary motif of human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature. Turning to ancient Greece, three cases of human sacrifice are analysed: a ritual example, a mythical case, and one in which myth and ritual are interrelated. The early Christians were the victims of accusations of human sacrifice, but in turn imputed the crime to heterodox Christians, just as the Jews imputed the crime to their neighbours. The ancient Egyptians rarely seem to have practised human sacrifice, but buried the pharaoh's servants with him in order to serve him in the afterlife, albeit only for a brief period at the very beginning of pharaonic civilization. In ancient India we can follow the traditions of human sacrifice from the earliest texts up to modern times, where especially in eastern India goddesses, such as Kali, were long worshipped with human victims. In Japanese tales human sacrifice often takes the form of self-sacrifice, and there may well be a line from these early sacrifices to modern kamikaze. The last study throws a surprising light on human sacrifice in China. The volume is concluded with a detailed index
Life of Saint Columba, Founder of Hy
Author: Saint Adamnan
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Category : Christian saints
Languages : la
Pages : 582
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Category : Christian saints
Languages : la
Pages : 582
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Life of St Columba
Author: Adomnan of Iona
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014190741X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life, written by Adomnán - the ninth abbot of Iona, and a distant relative of St Columba - describes his travels from Ireland to Scotland and his mission in the cause of Celtic Christianity there. Written 100 years after St Columba's death, it draws on written and oral traditions to depict a wise abbot among his monks, who like Christ was capable of turning water into wine, controlling sea-storms and raising the dead. An engaging account of one of the central figures in the 'Age of Saints', this is a major work of early Irish and Scottish history.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014190741X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life, written by Adomnán - the ninth abbot of Iona, and a distant relative of St Columba - describes his travels from Ireland to Scotland and his mission in the cause of Celtic Christianity there. Written 100 years after St Columba's death, it draws on written and oral traditions to depict a wise abbot among his monks, who like Christ was capable of turning water into wine, controlling sea-storms and raising the dead. An engaging account of one of the central figures in the 'Age of Saints', this is a major work of early Irish and Scottish history.
The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran
Author: Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Publisher: IndyPublish.com
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Iona, Kells and Derry
Author: Máire Herbert
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ISBN: 9781846829642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
First published in 1996, this study outlines the history of the ecclesiastical familia of Colum Cille in Ireland and North Britain in the era between the sixth and twelfth centuries, Three major works of hagiography were produced within the Columban familia during that time, the Latin Vita Columbae, and Lives of Adomnán and of Colum Cille in the Irish language .These texts, elucidated from linguistic and literary viewpoints, are set in the context of the history of the Columban community, and thereby are made to provide enhanced insights into the actions and attitudes of the community at significant stages in its past. This new reprint includes an afterword from the author, surveying important research developments in the interval since the book was first published, and indicating directions for further research.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846829642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
First published in 1996, this study outlines the history of the ecclesiastical familia of Colum Cille in Ireland and North Britain in the era between the sixth and twelfth centuries, Three major works of hagiography were produced within the Columban familia during that time, the Latin Vita Columbae, and Lives of Adomnán and of Colum Cille in the Irish language .These texts, elucidated from linguistic and literary viewpoints, are set in the context of the history of the Columban community, and thereby are made to provide enhanced insights into the actions and attitudes of the community at significant stages in its past. This new reprint includes an afterword from the author, surveying important research developments in the interval since the book was first published, and indicating directions for further research.
The Martyrology of Donegal
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Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Iona
Author: Thomas Owen Clancy
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Eight rare poems, written at Iona monastery between 563AD and the early 8th century, translated from the original Latin and Gaelic and fully annotated with literary commentary.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Eight rare poems, written at Iona monastery between 563AD and the early 8th century, translated from the original Latin and Gaelic and fully annotated with literary commentary.
Cáin Adamnáin
Author: Kuno Meyer
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Publisher:
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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