Celtic Spirituality
by
Oliver Davies
Offers translations of numerous texts from the Celtic tradition from the 6th through the 13th centuries, in a cross-section of genres and forms, including saints' lives, monastic texts, poetry, devotional texts, liturgical texts, apocrypha, exegetical texts, and theological treatises.
Celtic Theology: Humanity, World, and God in Early Irish Writings
by
Thomas O'Loughlin
Examines the theological framework within which St. Patrick presented his experiences and considers how the Celtic lands of Ireland and Wales developed a distinctive view of sin, reconciliation, and Christian law which they later exported to the rest of western Christianity.
The Church in Medieval Ireland
by
John Watt
The history of medieval Ireland was shaped by the friction between Irish and English cultures. The ecclesiastical dimension of this relationship is studied here, examining how a mixed episcopate evolved, with religious orders from both peoples, and how this affected Irish politics and history.
The Medieval Cult of Saints
by
Barbara Abou-El-Haj
Looks at the cult of the saints through the history of one monastery, Saint-Amand d'Elnone, where three distinct illustrated versions of its saint's life survive from a hundred-year period, each adapted to a phase within the changing political and economic fortunes of the abbey.
Sacred Biography: Saints and their Biographers in the Middle Ages (Online)
by
Thomas J. Heffernan
Reconstructs the medieval perspective and considers sacred biography in relation to the community for which it was written; identifies the genre's rhetorical practices and purposes; and demonstrates the syncretistic way in which the life of the medieval saint was transformed from oral tales to sacred text.
Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages
by
André Vauchez; Jean Birrell (Translator)
Iilluminates the main features of the medieval religious mind, and highlights the popes' attempts to gain firmer control over the wide variety of expressions of faith towards the saints in order to promote a higher pattern of devotion and moral behaviour among Christians.
Francis of Assisi
The Cambridge Companion to Francis of Assisi
by
Michael J. P. Robson (Editor)
Explores the life of Francis of Assisi and his enduring legacy throughout the centuries. The first part concentrates on his life and works whilst the second explores the way in which his heritage influenced the apostolic activities of his followers in the century following his death.
Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint (Online)
by
André Vauchez
The first part of the book is a reconstruction of Francis's life and work. The second and third parts deal with the texts--hagiographies, chronicles, sermons, personal testimonies, etc.--of writers who recorded aspects of Francis's life and movement as they remembered them, and used those remembrances to construct a portrait of Francis relevant to their concerns.
Medieval Heresies: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
by
Christine Caldwell Ames
A comparative survey of heresy and its response throughout the medieval world. Spanning England to Persia, it examines heresy, error, and religious dissent - and efforts to end them through correction, persuasion, or punishment - among Latin Christians, Greek Christians, Jews, and Muslims.