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The Historians of Scotland Vol V Lives of St Ninian and St Kentigern

The Historians of Scotland Vol V Lives of St Ninian and St Kentigern

Alexander Penrose Forbes

Paperback

Mythology & FolkloreGeneral ChristianityIrish History

ISBN10: 9353604532
ISBN13: 9789353604530
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 494
Weight: 1.37
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Two of Scotland's seminal saints stand at the threshold between Rome and the Celtic world in this classic volume. Their stories shaped a nation. These lives still speak today. In The Historians of Scotland, Vol. V: Lives of St Ninian and St Kentigern, Alexander Penrose Forbes gathers the medieval hagiography traditions surrounding these figures and opens a window onto early Scottish Christianity and early Christian Britain. Combining the immediacy of Scottish saint biographies with the care of a scholarly religious history edition, he traces how devotion to Ninian and Kentigern helped define the spiritual landscape of medieval Scotland and the wider world of Celtic Christianity. Through careful medieval hagiography translation and commentary, Forbes situates these classic lives of Celtic saints within the broader development of the church, making this volume an invaluable resource for theologians, for church history students, and for readers curious about medieval Scotland church history. The focus on St Ninian and Kentigern offers a compelling entry into the origins of pastoral care, mission and memory in the north, a cornerstone for any Celtic Christianity history collection and a touchstone within the Historians of Scotland series for both thoughtful general readers and serious collectors of Christian classics. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Faithfully prepared for modern readers, this heritage volume keeps a formative chapter of Scotland's Christian past alive for study, reflection and enjoyment.

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