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The Irish temperamentindividualistic, poetic, and deeply loyal to familyproduced great and learned saints and a unique monastic literature before the Norman Invasion. the isolation of the island allowed the development of traditions different from those of either Britain or the continent. These graceful translations of Irish monastic rules and spiritual maxims, along with samples of Irish litanies and poetry from the early Celtic monastic world, convey thespirituality of the Isle of Saints from the sixth to eighth centuries.

The Celtic Monk

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    Publisher: Liturgical Press
    Publication Date: 11/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780879076627, 978-0879076627
    ISBN10: 0879076623
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    Book Synopsis

    The Irish temperamentindividualistic, poetic, and deeply loyal to familyproduced great and learned saints and a unique monastic literature before the Norman Invasion. the isolation of the island allowed the development of traditions different from those of either Britain or the continent. These graceful translations of Irish monastic rules and spiritual maxims, along with samples of Irish litanies and poetry from the early Celtic monastic world, convey thespirituality of the Isle of Saints from the sixth to eighth centuries.

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