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" Women in a Celtic Church : "
Christina Harrington.
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BL
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623925
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Harrington, Christina.
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| Title & Author
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Women in a Celtic Church : : Ireland, 450-1150 /\ Christina Harrington.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2002.
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viii, 329 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm.
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0198208235 (alk. paper)
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: 9780198208235 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-313) and index.
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| Abstract
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"A history of women in the early Irish church has never before been written, despite perennial interest in the early Christianity of Celtic areas, and indeed the increasing interest in gender and spirituality generally. This book covers the development of women's religious professions in the primitive church in St. Patrick's era and the development of large women's monasteries such as Kildare, Clonbroney, Cloonburren, and Killeedy. It traces its subject through the heyday of the seventh century, through the Viking era, and the Culdee reforms, to the era of the Europeanization of the twelfth century. The place of women and their establishments is considered against the wider Irish background and compared with female religiosity elsewhere in early medieval Europe. The author demonstrates that while Ireland was distinct it was still very much part of the wider world of Western Christendom, and it must be appreciated as such."--Jacket.
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Women, Celtic-- Religious life-- Ireland-- History.
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Women in Christianity-- Ireland-- History.
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Celtic Church-- History.
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Ireland, Church history, To 1172.
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BR737.C4H37 2002
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