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AdomnaGn, AdhamhnaGn, Eunan

Name: AdomnaGn, AdhamhnaGn, Eunan
Author: Brian Lacey

Brian Lacey

23 July 2021

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Book Synopsis

Adomnán (c.625-704) was ninth abbot of the monastery on Iona off the Scottish coast. Adomnán came from what is now County Donegal. He was one of the most significant churchmen and intellectuals of the seventh century. The copying and re-copying of his written works meant that, in medieval times, his reputation spread widely on the Continent. He was, in modern parlance, an 'all-rounder': monk, priest, manager, writer, historian, lawmaker and diplomat, to name just a few things. He was the author of one of the first laws, anywhere, for the protection of non-combatants in times of conflict, and compiled an exegetical 'guide-book' to the 'sites' of the Holy Land - the oldest surviving text of its kind from anywhere in Western Europe. He also wrote a major hagiographical 'Life' of his predecessor and distant relative Columba. So powerful and influential a text was that book that it all but shoved Adomnán himself out of the limelight, in favour of his illustrious forerunner. Although much has been written about individual aspects of Adomnán's career, this is the first study to outline the totality of his life and reputation - in so far as we can know it!

About The Author

Brian Lacey is an archaeologist and historian, mainly specializing in the past of the north-west of Ireland, from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries. He is the author of over 10 books, and many research papers. From Dublin originally, he now lives in Dún Lúiche in the west Donegal Gaeltacht.

Product Details

ISBN: 9781846829635
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Four Courts Press, (23 July 2021)
Number of Pages: 288
Weight: 390 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 222 x 159 x 20 mm
Categories:: European