Irish saints’ Lives in Central European manuscripts: hagiography and monastic networks in the high-medieval period
Seminar Room G010, Hardiman Research BuildingAbstract: More than 60 years have passed since Ludwig Bieler drew attention to "the sudden appearance in Southern Germany of a group of Irish hagiographical texts" in the second half of the 12th century. Indeed, traces of this lost collection of Lives are found in various manuscripts of Austrian and Bavarian origin. Comparison of the... | Read on »