Celi De in Ireland : Monastic Writing and Identity in the Early Middle Ages - Westley  Follett

Celi De in Ireland

Monastic Writing and Identity in the Early Middle Ages

By: Westley Follett

Hardcover | 21 October 2006

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A detailed investigation into the mysterious group of monks, the C li D , who flourished in early medieval Ireland.

The C li D clients of God'], sometimes referred to as the Culdees, comprise the group of monks who first appeared in Ireland in the eighth century in association with St M el Ruain of Tallaght. Although influential and important in the development of the monastic tradition in Ireland, they have been neglected in general histories. This book offers an investigation into the movement. Proceeding from an examination of ascetic practice and theory in earlymedieval Ireland, followed by a fresh look at the evidence most often cited in support of the prevailing theory of c li D identity, the author challenges the orthodox opinion that they were an order or movement intent uponmonastic reform at a time of declining religious discipline. At the heart of the book is a manuscript-centred critical evaluation of the large corpus of putative c li D texts, offered as a means for establishing a more comprehensive assessment of who and what c li D were. Dr Follett argues that they are properly understood as the self-identified members of the personal retinue of God, in whose service they distinguished themselves from other monks and monastic communities in their personal devotion, pastoral care, Sunday observance, and other matters. A catalogue of c li D texts with manuscript references is provided in an appendix.

WESTLEY FOLLETT is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Industry Reviews
This contribution to the subject ought to be the standard work on this topic in the future. * CELTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER *
An important book both for the study of insular monasticism and for research into the history of early Irish texts. In the meticulousness of its scholarship it provides a model for the latter. * . *
Provides an important service to current and future scholarship. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *
[A] masterful historiographic study. * CHURCH HISTORY *
An excellent study. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *

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