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Irish scholars who arrived in Continental Europe in the early
Middle Ages are often credited with making some of the most
important contributions to European culture and learning of the
time, from the introduction of a new calendar to monastic reform.
Among them were celebrated personalities such as St Columbanus,
John Scottus Eriugena, and Sedulius Scottus who were in the
vanguard of a constant stream of arrivals from Ireland to
continental Europe, collectively known as 'peregrini'. The
continental response to this Irish 'diaspora' ranged from
admiration to open hostility, especially when peregrini were deemed
to challenge prevalent cultural or spiritual conventions. This
volume brings together leading historians, archaeologists, and
palaeographers who provide-for the first time-a comprehensive
assessment of the phenomenon of Irish peregrini in their
continental context and the manner in which it is framed by modern
scholarship as well as the popular imagination.
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.
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.
Irish scholars who arrived in Continental Europe in the early
Middle Ages are often credited with making some of the most
important contributions to European culture and learning of the
time, from the introduction of a new calendar to monastic reform.
Among them were celebrated personalities such as St Columbanus,
John Scottus Eriugena, and Sedulius Scottus who were in the
vanguard of a constant stream of arrivals from Ireland to
continental Europe, collectively known as 'peregrini'. The
continental response to this Irish 'diaspora' ranged from
admiration to open hostility, especially when peregrini were deemed
to challenge prevalent cultural or spiritual conventions. This
volume brings together leading historians, archaeologists, and
palaeographers who provide-for the first time-a comprehensive
assessment of the phenomenon of Irish peregrini in their
continental context and the manner in which it is framed by modern
scholarship as well as the popular imagination.
This volume analyses the importance of history, the textual
resources of the past and the integration of Christian and imperial
Rome into the cultural memory of early medieval Europe within the
wider question of identity formation. The case studies in this book
shed new light on the process of codification and modification of
cultural heritage in the light of the transmission of texts and the
extant manuscript evidence from the early Middle Ages. The authors
demonstrate how particular texts and their early medieval
manuscript representatives in Italy, Francia, Saxony and Bavaria
not only reflect ethnic, social and cultural identities but
themselves contributed to the creation of identities, gave meaning
to social practice, and were often intended to inspire, guide,
change, or prevent action, directly or indirectly. These texts are
shown to be part of a cultural effort to shape the present by
restructuring the past.
This volume analyses the importance of history, the textual
resources of the past and the integration of Christian and imperial
Rome into the cultural memory of early medieval Europe within the
wider question of identity formation. The case studies in this book
shed new light on the process of codification and modification of
cultural heritage in the light of the transmission of texts and the
extant manuscript evidence from the early Middle Ages. The authors
demonstrate how particular texts and their early medieval
manuscript representatives in Italy, Francia, Saxony and Bavaria
not only reflect ethnic, social and cultural identities but
themselves contributed to the creation of identities, gave meaning
to social practice, and were often intended to inspire, guide,
change, or prevent action, directly or indirectly. These texts are
shown to be part of a cultural effort to shape the present by
restructuring the past.
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