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Katharine Scherman.
The Flowering of Ireland: Saints, Scholars and Kings.
Published London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.
ISBN 0575030100.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 165x239x33mm.
Page count: xv,368pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: scuffs and marks on the dustjacket, quite ragged on its edges and corners; the book itself has some fading and mild wear on the boards and spine; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £3.50
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 843g.

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Contents:
1. Sources: Prehistoric Ireland; Pagan Ireland — people — religion; Christianity on the Continent;
2. Saints: St. Patrick; Innovators — Enda — Finian — Brigid; Founders of the monasteries; Travellers — Brendan the Navigator — Columba of Iona — Columbanus of Luxeuil;
3. Breakdown: Viking invasions; Anglo-Norman invasion;
4. Flowering: Education; Poets; Scholars; Art in stone; Art in metal & the illuminated Gospels;
Epilogue.

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: 27, monochrome
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: yes

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