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Churches in early medieval Ireland : architecture, ritual and memory / Tomás Ó'Carragáin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 2010.Description: x, 392 p. : ill. (some col.), maps 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300154443 .
Other title:
  • Architecture, ritual and memory
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- Opus Scoticum : churches of timber, turf and wattle -- Drystone churches and regional identity in Corcu Duibne -- Relics and romanitas : mortared stone churches before 900 -- Pre-romanesque churches of mortared stone, 900-1130 : form, chronology, patronage -- Architecture and memory -- Architecture and ritual -- Sacred cities and pastoral centres after 900 -- Architecture and politics : Dublin and Glendalough around 1100 -- Relics and recluses : double-vaulted churches around 1100 -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Descriptive list of Irish pre-romanesque churches.
Summary: Examining the churches in Ireland from the arrival of Christianity to the early Romanesque period around 1100, the author debates the intentions behind monumental schemes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Opus Scoticum : churches of timber, turf and wattle -- Drystone churches and regional identity in Corcu Duibne -- Relics and romanitas : mortared stone churches before 900 -- Pre-romanesque churches of mortared stone, 900-1130 : form, chronology, patronage -- Architecture and memory -- Architecture and ritual -- Sacred cities and pastoral centres after 900 -- Architecture and politics : Dublin and Glendalough around 1100 -- Relics and recluses : double-vaulted churches around 1100 -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Descriptive list of Irish pre-romanesque churches.

Examining the churches in Ireland from the arrival of Christianity to the early Romanesque period around 1100, the author debates the intentions behind monumental schemes.

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