Chapter 3. Creating a Past: Palladius, the “Past,” and Historical Dossiers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Notes on the Main Texts XI
5. List of Abbreviations XIII
6. Preface “Semen Eius Serviet In Sempiternum”: The Power of the Saint 1
7. Chapter 1. Irish Lives and the Irish Past 9
8. Chapter 2. The Lives: A Response to Seventh-Century Ireland 31
9. Chapter 3. Creating a Past: Palladius, the “Past,” and Historical Dossiers 57
10. Chapter 4. The Lives in Hiberno-Latin Literature 78
11. Chapter 5. Getting a Life: Saints’ Lives and the Historical Dossier 96
12. Chapter 6. Saints’ Lives and Miracle Stories 116
13. Chapter 7. Angels in the Details: A Close Reading of the Lives 144
14. Chapter 8. Making History in the Seventh Century 178
15. Bibliography 183
16. General Index 199
17. Index Locorum 201