Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. 1 Irish Literacy in a Late Antique Context 1
6. 2 The Island and the World: Irish Responses to Literacy c. 600–850 27
7. 3 The Island as the World: Community and Identity c. 750–950 59
8. 4 Changing Patterns of Monastic Literacy c. 800–1000 92
9. 5 Circuits of Learning and Literature c. 700–1000 131
10. 6 Literacy, Orality and Identity: The Secondary-Oral Context 157
11. Appendix: The Chronicles as a Record of Literacy, 797–1002 177
12. Bibliography 203
13. Index 227
14. STUDIES IN CELTIC HISTORY 239