THE CHURCH IN EARLY IRISH SOCIETY
Book Details + Condition: Methuen and Company, Ltd. (London). First Edition, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. 293 pages with Index and Notes. Illustrated with photographic plates and fold-out map. Author Kathleen Hughes traces the history of the Christian Church to the twelfth century. She examines the problems surrounding the organization of Christianity, imported from the urban bureaucracy of the Roman Empire, which had to be adapted to the peoples and society of early Ireland. The book also looks at legal texts from the 6th to the 8th centuries, tracing the gradual process of modification which culminated in the 8th century. Issues faced in the 9th century by the Viking raids and settlements are also considered. Chapters include:
- The Heathen Celts
- The First Missionaries
- The Problems of the Sixth Century Church
- The Foundation of Monastic Paruchiae
- Ireland and the Outside World
- Seventh Century Controversies
- Irish Canonists and the Secular Law
- The Church and the Viking Terror
- The Ecclesiastical Order and the Early Viking Settlement
- Spiritual, Intellectual and Artistic Life
- Monastic Establishment
- And much more.
Firm binding; minor shelf wear to boards; interior is clean and free of markings. Original dust jacket shows normal aging and wear, mainly at corners and edges; it retains its original price. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
