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Columba´s Island: Iona from Past to Present
E.mairi Macarthur
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Description for Columba´s Island: Iona from Past to Present
Paperback. This is the first book about Iona to span the ages, tracing the population from prehistoric times to the present era. Num Pages: 224 pages, B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
For the Gaels it is I Chaluim Chille. From here, Colum Cille -- or St Columba -- and his successors spread their Christian mission throughout Scotland and beyond. An early king of Dal Riata was consecrated here, and later the mighty Lords of the Isles brought their chieftains for burial on Iona's soil. In more recent times the island was the setting for the Iona Community, a radical experiment in church witness and worship. Living alongside these events, and often in their shadow, there has also been a local community. This is the first book about Iona to span the ... Read more
For the Gaels it is I Chaluim Chille. From here, Colum Cille -- or St Columba -- and his successors spread their Christian mission throughout Scotland and beyond. An early king of Dal Riata was consecrated here, and later the mighty Lords of the Isles brought their chieftains for burial on Iona's soil. In more recent times the island was the setting for the Iona Community, a radical experiment in church witness and worship. Living alongside these events, and often in their shadow, there has also been a local community. This is the first book about Iona to span the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
316g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748632619
SKU
V9780748632619
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About E.mairi Macarthur
E. Mairi MacArthur is author of several books including Columba's Island: Iona from Past to Present (Edinburgh University Press, 1995; revised edition 2007), Colin Baxter Island Guides: Iona (1997; new edition 2001) and Iona: Souvenir Guide (1999).
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