Sun Dancing: A Vision of Medieval Ireland

by Geoffrey Moorhouse

• ISBN13: 9780151002771
• ISBN10: 0151002770
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-09-15
• Publisher: HARCOURT BRACE & Co

Summary

Combining narrative re-creations with scholarly reflections, Moorhouse brings to life the monks of the Skellig Islands and the spirituality of medieval Ireland in a highly original, gracefully written book (Boston Globe) that is sure to fascinate lovers of Celtic history (Boston Herald). A Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	ix
PART ONE The Tradition	3	(116)
ONE AD 588	3	(16)
TWO AD 670	19	(16)
THREE AD 780	35	(20)
FOUR AD 824	55	(16)
FIVE AD 950	71	(14)
SIX AD 1044	85	(20)
SEVEN AD 1222	105	(14)
PART TWO The Evidence	119	(162)
Fionan	119	(3)
Peregrinatio	122	(4)
Pagans and Christians	126	(4)
St. Patrick	130	(6)
Brendan the Navigator	136	(7)
Irish Monasticism	143	(3)
Book Illustration	146	(8)
The Scoti	154	(2)
Antony and Cassian	156	(3)
The Desert Fathers	159	(8)
St Antony in Art	167	(6)
The Irish Kings and Tara	173	(4)
Three Martyrdoms	177	(5)
The Curach	182	(3)
Fasting	185	(5)
Monastic Dress	190	(2)
The Gallican Creed	192	(3)
Skellig Michael	195	(3)
Nature Worship	198	(2)
The World View	200	(2)
The Buildings	202	(3)
Soul-friends	205	(3)
The Monastic Horarium	208	(4)
Cu Chulainn	212	(2)
Two Tonsures	214	(2)
The Synod of Whitby	216	(3)
Columcille and Iona	219	(3)
Mingled Traditions	222	(1)
Monastic Feuds	223	(2)
Penance	225	(5)
Sin	230	(2)
Poverty and Sickness	232	(4)
The Viking	236	(4)
Celtic Metalwork	240	(3)
Skellig Birdlife	243	(2)
The Dancing Sun	245	(2)
The Irish Annals	247	(2)
Brian Boru	249	(2)
Olaf Tryggvason	251	(3)
The Culdees	254	(3)
Giraldus Cambrensis	257	(2)
The Hermitage	259	(2)
Origen	261	(2)
The Bestiaries	263	(3)
Hubris	266	(2)
The Withdrawal	268	(5)
St Benedict's Rule	273	(2)
Ballinskelligs and the Arroasians	275	(3)
Unanswered Questions	278	(3)
A Bibliography	281