The Flowering of Ireland: Saints, Scholars and Kings
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780316772846 (0316772844)
Publish date: June 1st 1981
Publisher: Little Brown & Co. (Boston)
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Katherine Scherman opens with a review of ancient Irish beginnings before a chapter that considers the early development of Christianity. In brief, after several centuries as an underground and often violently oppressed religion, the Roman Emperor Constantine granted toleration to Christians, and t...