Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FIGURES vii
4. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
5. ABBREVIATIONS x
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. 1 NARRATIVES FOR EARLY MEDIEVAL BRITAIN AND IRELAND 13
8. 2 IMAGES OF GILDAS 31
9. 3 GILDAS’S DE EXCIDIO – AUTHORITY AND THE MONASTIC IDEAL 55
10. 4 COLUMBANUS AND GREGORY THE GREAT 79
11. 5 GILDAS AND THE HIBERNENSIS 107
12. 6 BEDE AND GILDAS 131
13. CONCLUSION: THE LEGACY OF GILDAS 153
14. APPENDIX: DE COMMUNICATIONE GILDAS 159
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 163
16. INDEX 181