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Author: Iain MacDonald
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013-02-15
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 900418547X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIain MacDonald examines how the medieval Church in Gaelic Scotland, often regarded as isolated and irrelevant, continued to function in the face of poverty, periodic warfare, and the formidable powers of the clan chiefs.
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-07-31
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9004280359
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Lordship of the Isles, twelve specialists offer new insights on the rise and fall of the MacDonalds of Islay and the greatest Gaelic lordship of later medieval Scotland. Portrayed most often as either the independently-minded last great patrons of Scottish Gaelic culture or as dangerous rivals to the Stewart kings for mastery of Scotland, this collection navigates through such opposed perspectives to re-examine the politics, culture, society and connections of Highland and Hebridean Scotland from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. It delivers a compelling account of a land and people caught literally and figuratively between two worlds, those of the Atlantic and mainland Scotland, and of Gaelic and Anglophone culture. Contributors are David Caldwell, Sonja Cameron, Alastair Campbell, Alison Cathcart, Colin Martin, Tom McNeill, Lachlan Nicholson, Richard Oram, Michael Penman, Alasdair Ross, Geoffrey Stell and Sarah Thomas.
Author: Nerys T. Patterson
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Published: 1994-04-30
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0268161461
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Cattle Lords and Clansmen, Nerys Patterson provides an analysis of the social structure of medieval Ireland, focusing on the pre-Norman period. By combining difficult, often fragmentary primary sources with sociological and anthropological methods, Patterson produces a unique approach to the study of early Ireland—one that challenges previous scholarship. The second edition includes a chapter on seasonal rhythm, material derived from Patterson’s post-1991 publications, and an updated bibliography. The second edition includes a chapter on seasonal rhythm, material derived from Patterson’s post-1991 publications, and an updated bibliography.
Author: Ian Bradley
Publisher: Saint Andrew Press
Published: 2015-09-30
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0861538382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArgyll is the beautiful, wild and inspirational home of Celtic Christianity. It is the spiritual heartland of Scotland and, some would say, of the whole United Kingdom. Until now, no-one has sought to uncover the reasons why the spiritual landscape of Argyll is so distinctively unique, rich and varied. Why is it characterised by a more gentle, liberal, mystical and liturgical Christian culture than the harsher Calvinist evangelism of the neighbouring Highlands and the Western Isles? Why has it produced such a disproportionately large amount of beautiful devotional material? This joyful book, with a cover image by popular artist JoLoMo, is impressionistic and accessible but always of the highest scholarly standards. It reveals the dominant themes and figures in Argyll’s spiritual landscape. Ian Bradley’s love of Argyll shines through as he takes both a geographical and biographical approach and looks at the interplay of landscape and Christian belief through such figures as Columba, Carswell, sundry Campbells, George Matheson, George MacLeod and others. Drawing on extensive original research and interviews with a wide variety of people, including many Church of Scotland ministers and lay people, this is an enthralling and fascinating read for all who are interested in Scottish history and identity, Celtic Christianity and Scotland’s spiritual heritage.
Author: Nerys Thomas Patterson
Publisher: Dissertations-G
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 456
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Vincent Goossaert
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-03-23
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 1684174546
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"By looking at the activities of Taoist clerics in Peking, this book explores the workings of religion as a profession in one Chinese city during a period of dramatic modernization. The author focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees. Although almost forgotten, they were all major actors in urban religious and cultural life. The clerics at the heart of this study spent their time training disciples, practicing and teaching self-cultivation, performing rituals, and managing temples. Vincent Goossaert shows that these Taoists were neither the socially despised illiterates dismissed in so many studies, nor otherworldly ascetics, but active participants in the religious economy of the city. In exploring exactly what their crucial role was, he addresses the day-to-day life of modern Chinese religion from the perspective of ordinary religious specialists. This approach highlights the social processes, institutions, and networks that transmit religious knowledge and mediate between prestigious religious traditions and the people in the street. In modern Chinese religion, the Taoists are such key actors. Without them, ""Taoist ritual"" and ""Taoist self-cultivation"" are just empty words."
Author: Susan Marshall
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 178327588X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst full-length examination of bastardy in Scotland during the period, exploring its many ramifications throughout society.
Author: Bertha Surtees Phillpotts
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Volker L. Menze
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2023-03-15
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 0192699172
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPatriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh of Alexandria and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire offers a thorough revision of the historical role of Dioscorus as patriarch of Alexandria between 444 and 451 CE. One of the major protagonists of the Christological controversy, Dioscorus was hailed a saint in Eastern Church traditions which opposed the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Yet Western Church traditions remember him as a heretic and violent villain, and much scholarship maintains this image of Dioscorus as 'ruthless and ambitious', a 'tyrant-bishop' feared by his opponents-the 'Attila of the Eastern Church'. This book breaks with these negative stereotypes and offers the first serious historical analysis of Dioscorus as ecclesiastical politician and reformer. It discusses the discrepancy that theologically Dioscorus was a loyal follower of his famous predecessor Cyril of Alexandria (412-444) while politically he was the leading figure of the anti-Cyrillian party in Alexandria. Analysing Dioscorus' role as president of the Second Council of Ephesus in 449 and his downfall and deposition at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, Menze also offers a much-needed new reading of the acts of these two general councils. Reappraising the life and role of Dioscorus ultimately shows how the Christological controversy of the fifth century can only be fully understood against the background of imperial politics-and its mechanisms for implementing 'Orthodoxy'-in the Later Roman Empire.
Author: Jan Peyton
Publisher: Author House
Published: 2011-06-10
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1463404662
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRemember it is always wise to look to the light that guides you before you go seeking darkness. Jenna of Moontree desperately wished she had heeded this advice before her decision to chase after an evil artifact causes her to inherit magic that is poisonous to her body. The danger is compounded when the magics owner, a power hungry black dragon named Kitara, wants it back. Alexis life as an assassin had come to an abrupt halt when a failed assassination attempt ended with his sentence to life as a dragon rider and assigned as guardian of the Eye of Kitara. When the Eye is stole, Alexi is charged with its return and is thrust into Jennas path. Together they must stop the rogue black dragon's plans to retrieve her magic and take over the world. Will the aid of friends, family and unexpected allies be enough to save the day?
