Sun dancing : a vision of medieval Ireland / Geoffrey Moorhouse.

By: Moorhouse, Geoffrey, 1931-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harcourt Brace, c1997Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 284 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0151002770Subject(s): Skellig Michael (Monastery : Ireland) -- History -- Fiction | Monastic and religious life -- Ireland -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Fiction | Monastic and religious life -- Ireland -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 | Civilization, Medieval -- Fiction | Civilization, Celtic -- Fiction | Skellig Islands (Ireland) -- History -- Fiction | Skellig Islands (Ireland) -- Antiquities | Ireland -- CivilizationDDC classification: 823/.914 LOC classification: PR6063.O655 | S86 1997
Contents:
Pt. 1. The Tradition. 1. AD 588. 2. AD 670. 3. AD 780. 4. AD 824. 5. AD 950. 6. AD 1044. 7. AD 1222 -- Pt. 2. The Evidence. Fionan. Peregrinatio. Pagans and Christians. St. Patrick. Brendan the Navigator. Irish Monasticism. Book Illustration. The Scoti. Antony and Cassian. The Desert Fathers. St. Antony in Art. The Irish Kings and Tara. Three Martyrdoms. The Curach. Fasting. Monastic Dress. The Gallican Creed. Skellig Michael. Nature Worship. The World View. The Buildings. Soul-friends. The Monastic Horarium. Cu Chulainn. Two Tonsures. The Synod of Whitby. Columcille and Iona. Mingled Traditions. Monastic Feuds. Penance. Sin. Poverty and Sickness. The Vikings. Celtic Metalwork. Skellig Birdlife. The Dancing Sun. The Irish Annals. Brian Boru. Olaf Tryggvason. The Culdees. Giraldus Cambrensis. The Hermitage. Origen. The Bestiaries. Hubris. The Withdrawal. St. Benedict's Rule. Ballinskelligs and the Arroasians. Unanswered Questions.
Summary: Half fiction/half history. The lives of the Monks on Skellig Michael, an island of terrifying austerity and awesome isolation, in the fourth century.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-284).

Pt. 1. The Tradition. 1. AD 588. 2. AD 670. 3. AD 780. 4. AD 824. 5. AD 950. 6. AD 1044. 7. AD 1222 -- Pt. 2. The Evidence. Fionan. Peregrinatio. Pagans and Christians. St. Patrick. Brendan the Navigator. Irish Monasticism. Book Illustration. The Scoti. Antony and Cassian. The Desert Fathers. St. Antony in Art. The Irish Kings and Tara. Three Martyrdoms. The Curach. Fasting. Monastic Dress. The Gallican Creed. Skellig Michael. Nature Worship. The World View. The Buildings. Soul-friends. The Monastic Horarium. Cu Chulainn. Two Tonsures. The Synod of Whitby. Columcille and Iona. Mingled Traditions. Monastic Feuds. Penance. Sin. Poverty and Sickness. The Vikings. Celtic Metalwork. Skellig Birdlife. The Dancing Sun. The Irish Annals. Brian Boru. Olaf Tryggvason. The Culdees. Giraldus Cambrensis. The Hermitage. Origen. The Bestiaries. Hubris. The Withdrawal. St. Benedict's Rule. Ballinskelligs and the Arroasians. Unanswered Questions.

Half fiction/half history. The lives of the Monks on Skellig Michael, an island of terrifying austerity and awesome isolation, in the fourth century.

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