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History and Salvation in Medieval Ireland (Hardcover)
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History and Salvation in Medieval Ireland (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
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History and Salvation in Medieval Ireland explores medieval Irish
conceptions of salvation history, using Latin and vernacular
sources from c. 700-c. 1200 CE which adapt biblical history for
audiences both secular and ecclesiastical. This book examines
medieval Irish sources on the cities of Jerusalem and Babylon;
reworkings of narratives from the Hebrew Scriptures; literature
influenced by the Psalms; and texts indebted to Late Antique
historiography. It argues that the conceptual framework of
salvation history, and the related theory of the divinely-ordained
movement of political power through history, had a formative
influence on early Irish culture, society and identity. Primarily
through analysis of previously untranslated sources, this study
teases out some of the intricate connections between the local and
the universal, in order to situate medieval Irish historiography
within the context of that of the wider world. Using an overarching
biblical chronology, beginning with the lives of the Jewish
Patriarchs and ending with the Christian apostolic missions, this
study shows how one culture understood the histories of others, and
has important implications for issues such as kingship, religion
and literary production in medieval Ireland. This book will appeal
to scholars and students of medieval Ireland, as well as those
interested in religious and cultural history.
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