{"product_id":"life-of-st-columba-penguin-classics-9780140444629","title":"Life of St Columba Penguin Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlthough related to one of the ruling families of Ireland, Columba (c 521-97) became a central figure in the 'Age of Saints' by setting out from his native land and founding his famous monastery on the island of Iona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIt was from here that priests and monks played a key role in converting the Picts of Scotland, here that countless penitents came on pilgrimages and that the King of Dalriada (Argyll) came to be consecrated. Adomnán's \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, writes Richard Sharpe, is the fullest early account, offering a 'vivid depiction of the abbot among his own monks, written on the spot by the saint's successor one hundred years after Columba's death'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on extensive written and oral traditions, Adomnán presents Columba as a man distinguished for his prophetic and miraculous powers, whose life was filled with angelic apparitions and whose dying days were spent preparing for his departure. A stimulating Introduction sketches in the background, the arc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife of Columba - Adomnán of Iona       Preface\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003eGenealogical tables\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSt. Columba, his early life\u003cbr\u003eSt. Columba, \"an island soldier\"\u003cbr\u003eSt. Columba and the Irish\u003cbr\u003eSt. Columba and the Picts\u003cbr\u003eSt. Columba's death His successors\u003cbr\u003eAdomnán of Iona, abbot and statesman\u003cbr\u003eAdomnán and the writing of the \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe island and monastery of Iona\u003cbr\u003eThe Columban community after Adomnán\u003cbr\u003eThe Later history of Iona\u003cbr\u003eThe medieval legend of St. Columba\u003cbr\u003eThe modern legend of St. Columba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Life of Columba\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe preface\u003cbr\u003eThe second preface\u003cbr\u003eBook One\u003cbr\u003eBook Two\u003cbr\u003eBook Three\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManuscripts and editions\u003cbr\u003ePesonal names\u003cbr\u003ePeoples and dynasties\u003cbr\u003ePlace names\u003cbr\u003eDates\u003cbr\u003eSt. Columba's name\u003cbr\u003eSt. Mochta's prophecy\u003cbr\u003eAdomnán's informants\u003cbr\u003eSt. Columba's lineage\u003cbr\u003eKing Oswald's baptism\u003cbr\u003eSt. Munnu of Taghmon\u003cbr\u003eThe foundation of Derry\u003cbr\u003eSt. Baithene, second abbot of Iona\u003cbr\u003eThe name of Iona\u003cbr\u003eThe foundation of Durrow\u003cbr\u003eSt. Cainnech of Aghaboe\u003cbr\u003eSt. Colmán Elo of Lynally\u003cbr\u003eThe whirlpool of Corryvreckan\u003cbr\u003eÁedán mac Gabráin, king of Dalriada\u003cbr\u003eDomnall mac Áedo, king of Ireland\u003cbr\u003eSt. Lasrén, third abbot of Iona\u003cbr\u003eSt. Columba's servant Diarmait\u003cbr\u003eThe burial ground of Iona\u003cbr\u003eDairmait mac Cerbaill, king of Ireland\u003cbr\u003eThe monstery of Hinba\u003cbr\u003eThe meeting of the kings at Druim Cett\u003cbr\u003eSt. Comgall of Bangor\u003cbr\u003eSt. Uinniau\u003cbr\u003eThe monastic office in Iona\u003cbr\u003eSynods in the Irish church\u003cbr\u003eAldfrith, king of Northumbria\u003cbr\u003eThe list of St. Columba's companions\u003cbr\u003eThe royal ordination of Áedán\u003cbr\u003eCumméne's book\u003cbr\u003eThe burial of St. Odran\u003cbr\u003eThe monastic building at Iona\u003cbr\u003eThe church of Eigg\u003cbr\u003eFergnae, fourth abbot of Iona\u003cbr\u003eSt. Columba's burial place\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732374401367,"sku":"9780140444629","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140444629.jpg?v=1719996606","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-of-st-columba-penguin-classics-9780140444629","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}