'Holy, holier, holiest': the sacred topography of the early medieval Irish church

The religious topography of the early medieval Irish church : an historiographical perspective. Enclosure as an expression of an ascetic ideal ; Monastic hegemony : a revisionist critique ; Enclosure as an expression of power and influence ; Enclosure as an expression of sacred identity ; Enclosure...

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Published in:Studia traditionis theologiae
Main Author: Jenkins, David H. (Author)
Contributors: Jenkins, David Harold (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Turnhout, Belgium Brepols 2010
In: Studia traditionis theologiae (4)
Series/Journal:Studia traditionis theologiae 4
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ireland / Church history studies / Topography
Further subjects:B Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) Influence
B Monasteries (Ireland) History
B Church Buildings (Ireland) History
B Thesis
B Ireland Church history 600-1500
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Summary:The religious topography of the early medieval Irish church : an historiographical perspective. Enclosure as an expression of an ascetic ideal ; Monastic hegemony : a revisionist critique ; Enclosure as an expression of power and influence ; Enclosure as an expression of sacred identity ; Enclosure in a non-Irish context ; Conclusion -- Slab-shrines and oratories : the anatomy of religious settlement within the early medieval Irish church. The anatomy of settlement : an archaeological context ; The anatomy of settlement : a literary context ; Conclusion -- From the tabernacle to the New Jersualem : an exploration of a biblical hermeneutic for the topography of religious settlement. The Bible and the sanctification of space ; The tabernacle and the temple : a textual depiction of sacred topography ; The temple motif within patristic exegesis ; The temple motif within early Irish exegesis ; Conclusion -- And was Jerusalem builded here? : the making of a religious landscape. A Scriptural 'canon of planning' ; An Eremitic inheritance ; An Eremitic paradigm? ; The creation of a religious landscape ; Conclusion
ISBN:2503533167