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The Book of the Skelligs / John Crowley, John Sheehan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chapel Hill : Cork University Press, 2022Description: xxviii, 332 pages : 30 cm colour illustrations and mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781782055396
Subject(s): Summary: "This book explores the Skelligs, Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful Atlantic islands, and focuses particularly on Skellig Michael, a famous World Heritage Site. It considers why the construction of a remarkable monastic site near the peak of this island over a thousand years ago stands as one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of Christianity. The Book of the Skelligs combines different approaches to deepening our understanding of the islands, combining the perspectives of history, archaeology, cultural geography, oral tradition, literature and natural science"--
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Includes index

"This book explores the Skelligs, Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful Atlantic islands, and focuses particularly on Skellig Michael, a famous World Heritage Site. It considers why the construction of a remarkable monastic site near the peak of this island over a thousand years ago stands as one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of Christianity. The Book of the Skelligs combines different approaches to deepening our understanding of the islands, combining the perspectives of history, archaeology, cultural geography, oral tradition, literature and natural science"--

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