Editor’s Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Editor’s Foreword VII
3. Preface IX
4. Contents XI
5. Abbreviations XIII
6. I. History in Ireland 1
7. II. Ireland in the Ancient World 110
8. III. The Irish Church in the “Celtic” Period 156
9. IV. The Monastic Churches, Their Founders and Traditions – Part I: The Primitive Foundations 288
10. V. The Monastic Churches – Part II: Churches of the Sixth to Ninth Centuries; General Treatises 372
11. VI. The Expansion of Irish Christianity 486
12. VII. Religious Literature and Ecclesiastical Culture 622
13. VIII. The Reform Movement of the Twelfth Century 745
14. Addenda 773
15. Index 791
16. Maps 808