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Book SynopsisThis book explores how the native Christian communities of the British Isles from the fifth to the tenth centuries have been idealised and appropriated by succeeding generations who have projected their own preconceptions and prejudices on to a perceived 'golden age' of Celtic Christianity.
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Table of ContentsFor all the saints who from their labours rest - the first wave of interest in Celtic Christianity c. 664-800; and win, win them, the victor's crown of gold - the appeal and appropriation of Celtic Christianity between 1070 and 1220; and when the strife is fierce, the warfare long - nationalism and denominationalism, 1250-1850; O blest communion, fellowship divine - Celtic Christian revival in the later 19th century; the golden evening brightens in the west - Romanticism and the rise of critical scholarship, 1900-1960; but lo, there breaks a yet more glorious day - the contemporary revival.
