| Series |
Oxford studies in late antiquity
Oxford studies in late antiquity. ^A1154125
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| Contents |
Foreword / Walter Pohl -- : Introduction: Columbanus and Europe / Alexander O'Hara -- Columbanus and the Language of Concord / Damian Bracken -- The Political Background to Columbanus's Irish Career / Dáibhí Ó Cróinín -- Movers and Shakers? How Women Shaped the Career of Columbanus / Elva Johnston -- Columbanus's Ulster Education / Alex Woolf -- Columbanus in Brittany / Ian Wood -- Columbanus and Shunning: The Irish peregrinus between Gildas, Gaul, and Gregory / Clare Stancliffe -- Orthodoxy and Authority: Jonas, Eustasius, and the Agrestius Affair / Andreas Fischer -- Columbanus and the Mission to the Bavarians and the Slavs in the Seventh Century / Herwig Wolfram -- Between the Devil and the deep Lake Constance: Jonas of Bobbio, interpretatio Christiana, and the Pagan Religion of the Alamanni / Bernhard Maier -- Drinking with Woden: A Re-Examination of Jonas's Vita Columbani I. 27 / Francesco Borri -- Between Metz and Überlingen: Columbanus and Gallus in Alamannia / Yaniv Fox -- Quicumque sunt rebelles, foras exeant! Columbanus's Rebellious Disciple Gallus / Philipp Dörler -- Columbanus, Bobbio, and the Lombards / Stefano Gasparri -- Disputing Columbanus's Heritage: The Regula cuiusdam patris (with a translation of the Rule) / Albrecht Diem. |
| Abstract |
"The period 550 to 750 was one in which monastic culture became more firmly entrenched in Western Europe. The role of monasteries and their relationship to the social world around them was transformed during this period as monastic institutions became more integrated in social and political power networks. This collected volume of essays focuses on one of the central figures in this process, the Irish ascetic exile and monastic founder, Columbanus (c. 550-615), his travels on the Continent, and the monastic network he and his Frankish disciples established in Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. The post-Roman kingdoms through which Columbanus travelled and established his monastic foundations were made up of many different communities of peoples. As an outsider and immigrant, how did Columbanus and his communities interact with these peoples? How did they negotiate differences and what emerged from these encounters? How societies interact with outsiders can reveal the inner workings and social norms of that culture. This volume aims to explore further the strands of this vibrant contact and to consider all of the geographical spheres in which Columbanus and his monastic communities operated (Ireland, Merovingian Gaul, Alamannia, Lombard Italy) and the varieties of communities he and his successors came in contact with - whether they be royal, ecclesiastic, aristocratic, or grass-roots."--Publisher's website. |
| General note | "This volume grew out of a conference held in Vienna in November 2013 on Columbanus and the peoples of post-Roman Europe."--Page xi. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also available in electronic format. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018288517 |
| ISBN | 9780190857967 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 019085796X (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (electronic bk.) |
