The Carolingian period represented a Golden Age for the abbey of St
Gall, an Alpine monastery in modern-day Switzerland. Its bloom of
intellectual activity resulted in an impressive number of scholarly
texts being copied into often beautifully written manuscripts, many
of which survive in the abbey's library to this day. Among these
books are several of Irish origin, while others contain works of
learning originally written in Ireland. This study explores the
practicalities of the spread of this Irish scholarship to St Gall
and the reception it received once there. In doing so, this book
for the first time investigates a part of the network of knowledge
that fed this important Carolingian centre of learning with
scholarship. By focusing on scholarly works from Ireland, this
study also sheds light on the contribution of the Irish to the
Carolingian revival of learning. Historians have often assumed a
special relationship between Ireland and the abbey of St Gall,
which was built on the grave of the Irish saint Gallus. This book
scrutinises this notion of a special connection. The result is a
new viewpoint on the spread and reception of Irish learning in the
Carolingian period.
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