Spes Scotorum Hope of Scots : Saint Columba Iona and Scotland

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Spes Scotorum = Hope of Scots : Saint Columba Iona and Scotland

edited by Dauvit Broun and Thomas Owen Clancy

T&T Clark, 1999

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Bibliography: p. 277-300

Includes index

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Leading scholars in the field appraise St Columba - and the legacy of the man and his monasteries in Scotland and throughout the world.There is a great deal of new research, in chapters for example on the cult of saints in Scotland, the origins of Scottish identity, Columba's biographer Adomnn, and Columba on Iona.Scholarly but highly readable, this book is accessible to anyone interested in Columba, Celtic Christianity and Scottish history in general.

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