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Jonas of Bobbio: Life of Columbanus, Life of John of Réomé, and Life of Vedast (Translated Texts for Historians LUP)
Alexander O'hara
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Description for Jonas of Bobbio: Life of Columbanus, Life of John of Réomé, and Life of Vedast (Translated Texts for Historians LUP)
Hardcover. A translation of the two books of The Life of Columbanus, a central text for the history of seventh-century monasticism. The Life of John of Reome and The Life of Vedast are also included. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 147. .
Jonas of Bobbio was an Italian monk, author, and abbot, active in Lombard Italy and Merovingian Gaul during the seventh century. He is best known as the author of the Life of Columbanus and His Disciples, one of the most important works of hagiography from the early medieval period, that charts the remarkable journey of the Irish exile and monastic founder, Columbanus (d. 615), through Western Europe, as well as the monastic movement initiated by him and his Frankish successors in the Merovingian kingdoms. In the years following Columbanus’s death numerous new monasteries were built by his successors and ... Read more
Jonas of Bobbio was an Italian monk, author, and abbot, active in Lombard Italy and Merovingian Gaul during the seventh century. He is best known as the author of the Life of Columbanus and His Disciples, one of the most important works of hagiography from the early medieval period, that charts the remarkable journey of the Irish exile and monastic founder, Columbanus (d. 615), through Western Europe, as well as the monastic movement initiated by him and his Frankish successors in the Merovingian kingdoms. In the years following Columbanus’s death numerous new monasteries were built by his successors and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Translated Texts for Historians
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781381762
SKU
V9781781381762
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About Alexander O'hara
Dr Alexander O'Hara is a Research Fellow of the Institut für Mittelalterforschung in the Austrian Academy of Sciences and an Hon. Research Fellow of the School of History, University of St Andrews. Professor Ian Wood is Professor of Early Medieval History in the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds. His research interests focus on the history ... Read more
Reviews for Jonas of Bobbio: Life of Columbanus, Life of John of Réomé, and Life of Vedast (Translated Texts for Historians LUP)
Reviews 'There is a richness to the material which O'Hara and Wood have done us a great service in making more accessible.' Jamie Kreiner, The Medieval Review 'This book is a timely and meaningful contribution to the scholarship on Merovingian Gaul. It is important not only for its accessible translation of a large and difficult corpus of works ... Read more