THEO 228 Lecture 18: lecture 18
21 Feb 2020
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Celtic christianity lecture 18: adomnan"s historical life of columba, adomnan"s life of columba remains a valuable source for historical data. It was written soon enough after its subject"s lifetime which means adomnan had access to relatively fresh community memory. It used earlier written record from the time of living memory: scholars view the life as a key reference for the political and social history of early medieval scotland and. We learn some specifics of columba"s monastic career: what shaped much of what we understand today as celtic christianity, columba"s journey adomnan tells us: White martyrdom: his journey took him to the hebridean isle of iona. In the medieval context as hy, meaning "the island" and ioua, later transcribed as. "iona: columba"s journey, speculation about the timing of columba"s departure from ireland due to: A battle between the northern and southern u1 neill: voluntary penance or enforced punishment.
