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This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede s Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow to the anonymous Voyage of St Brendan a whimsical mixture of fact and fantasy that describes a quest for paradise on earth these are vivid accounts of the profoundly spiritual and passionately heroic lives of Christian pioneers and saints. Both vital religious writings and a revealing insight into the reality of life at a formative time for the church, they describe an era of heroism and bitter conflict, and the rapid spread of the Christian faith.… (más)
The introduction discusses the texts in a different order from their order in the book. It is also (perhaps inevitably given the overlapping nature of the texts' subject matter) somewhat repetitive. I think it would have been better to put the different sections of the introduction separately with the texts they discuss.
Parts of the Voyage of St. Brendan strongly reminded me of the final chapters of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The notes in the lives seem to be mainly limited to notes of biblical references. However, some biblical references are annotated and some are not, and it's difficult to see what the criteria are. ( )
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Introduction (by D. H. Farmer) -- The four texts presented in this volume are important sources for the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland.
The prologue of the holy priest Bede to the Life of Saint Cuthbert To my holy and most blessed lord and father, Bishop Eadfrid, and to the whole congregation of monks serving God at Lindisfarne, Bede, your faithful servant, sends greeting.
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This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede s Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow to the anonymous Voyage of St Brendan a whimsical mixture of fact and fantasy that describes a quest for paradise on earth these are vivid accounts of the profoundly spiritual and passionately heroic lives of Christian pioneers and saints. Both vital religious writings and a revealing insight into the reality of life at a formative time for the church, they describe an era of heroism and bitter conflict, and the rapid spread of the Christian faith.
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Parts of the Voyage of St. Brendan strongly reminded me of the final chapters of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The notes in the lives seem to be mainly limited to notes of biblical references. However, some biblical references are annotated and some are not, and it's difficult to see what the criteria are. (