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The Transformation of the Irish Church in the Twelfth Century (Paperback)
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The Transformation of the Irish Church in the Twelfth Century (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Celtic History
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First extended study of the ways in which the Irish church changed
radically in the twelfth century in response to reform movements
from Europe. The twelfth century saw a wide-ranging transformation
of the Irish church, a regional manifestation of a wider
pan-European reform movement. This book, the first to offer a full
account of this change, moves away from the previousconcentration
on the restructuring of Irish dioceses and episcopal authority, and
the introduction of Continental monastic observances, to widen the
discussion. It charts changes in the religious culture experienced
by the laityas well as the clergy and takes account of the
particular Irish experience within the wider European context. The
universal ideals that were defined with increasing clarity by
Continental advocates of reform generated a series of initiatives
from Irish churchmen aimed at disseminating reform ideology within
clerical circles and transmitting it also to lay society, even if,
as elsewhere, it often proved difficult to implement in practice.
Whatever theobstacles faced by reformist clergy, their genuine
concern to transform the Irish church and society cannot be
doubted, and is attested in a range of hitherto unexploited sources
this volume draws upon. Marie Therese Flanagan is Professor of
Medieval History at the Queen's University of Belfast.
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