St Samson of Dol and the earliest history of Brittany, Cornwall and Wales

The First Life of St Samson of Dol (Vita Prima Samsonis) is a key text for the study of early Welsh, Cornish, Breton and indeed west Frankish history. In the twentieth century it was the subject of unresolved scholarly controversy that tended to limit its usefulness. However, more recent research ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Olson, Lynette, 1946- editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press 2017.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Studies in Celtic History ; 37.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39837439*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: 'Getting somewhere' with the First life of St Samson of Dol / Lynette Olson
  • 2. A family and its saint in the Vita prima Samsonis / Richard Sowerby
  • 3. La circulation de l'information dans la Vie ancienne de s. Samson de Dol et la question de sa datation / Joseph-Claude Poulin
  • 4. The hare and the tortoise? : Vita prima Sancti Samsonis, Vita paterni and Merovingian hagiography / Caroline Brett
  • 5. Columbanus, the Britons and the Merovingian church / Ian N. Wood
  • 6. Apostolic authority and Celtic liturgies : from the Vita Samsonis to the Ratio de cursus / Constant J. Mews
  • 7. The representation of early British monasticism and peregrinatio in Vita prima S. Samsonis / Jonathan M. Wooding
  • 8. Present and yet absent : the cult of St Samson of Dol in Wales / Karen Jankulak.