The Legacy of Gildas
Constructions of Authority in the Early Medieval West
1st Edition
Published on 18. February 2022
204 pages
978-1-78744-681-6 (ISBN)
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Provocative new investigation into the shadowy figure of Gildas, his influence and representation.
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Joyce Stephen J.:
Stephen J. Joyce is a Research Fellow on the ARC Discovery Project, Addressing Injustice in the Medieval Body Politic: From Complaint to Advice, based in the School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies at Monash University. His research focuses on the British Isles in the early medieval period.
Stephen J. Joyce is a Research Fellow on the ARC Discovery Project, Addressing Injustice in the Medieval Body Politic: From Complaint to Advice, based in the School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies at Monash University. His research focuses on the British Isles in the early medieval period.
Content
List of Figures
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Narratives for Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
2. Images of Gildas
3. Gildas's De excidio - Authority and the Monastic Ideal
4. Columbanus and Gregory the Great
5. Gildas and the Hibernensis
6. Bede and Gildas
Conclusion: The Legacy of Gildas
Appendix: De communicatione Gildas
Bibliography
Index
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Narratives for Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
2. Images of Gildas
3. Gildas's De excidio - Authority and the Monastic Ideal
4. Columbanus and Gregory the Great
5. Gildas and the Hibernensis
6. Bede and Gildas
Conclusion: The Legacy of Gildas
Appendix: De communicatione Gildas
Bibliography
Index
