The Irish Scholarly Presence at St. Gall: Networks of Knowledge in the Early Middle Ages Contributor(s): Meeder, Sven (Author), Wood, Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350038679 ISBN-13: 9781350038677 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Monasticism |
Dewey: 271.104 |
LCCN: 2017049472 |
Series: Studies in Early Medieval History |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.01 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Meeder, Sven: - Sven Meeder earned his doctorate at Cambridge University and worked at Utrecht University before coming to the Radboud University as lecturer in Medieval History. He has published in international peer-reviewed journals on the exchange of (insular) learning and is currently heading the research project 'Networks of Knowledge' on intellectual networks in the Carolingian era.Wood, Ian: - Ian Wood is Professor of Early Medieval History, University of Leeds, UK. |