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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
      Published 11 January 1996
      ISBN-13 9780879076627
      978-0879076627
      ISBN-10 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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