Life of St. Patrick and His Place in History
This renowned biography of the great Catholic saint, famous for converting Ireland to Christianity, is also a stunningly vivid portrait of life in the British Isles in the fifth century. Born in Britain as a Roman citizen and kidnapped by raiders to Ireland as a teenager, where he remained to do his holy work, Patrick's life encapsulates the themes of the era, as the new religion won out of paganism as the Roman Empire fell.Almost as valuable as the biography itself are Bury's complex appendices, which comprise more than half the book, and include such important scholarly details as the author's notes on Patrick's own writings, the memoirs of…
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- ISBN: 978-1-60520-401-7
- EAN: 9781605204017
- Produktnummer: 36098898
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 428 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.5 cm 601 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 601
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