The Story of Iona
Download or Read eBook The Story of Iona PDF written by Dr Rosemary Power and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Dr Rosemary Power |
| Publisher | : Canterbury Press |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2013-12-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781848255562 |
| ISBN-13 | : 184825556X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Story of Iona by : Dr Rosemary Power
Book excerpt: Historian and Iona Community member Rosemary Power tells the story of the small Hebridean island of Iona and its remarkable spiritual influence over fifteen centuries. Beginning with the earliest Stone Age settlements, she combines new translations of early Gaelic and medieval Latin prayers with original research to chart: the founding of the abbey in 563ADsix centuries of monasticism: food, lifestyle, work and the pattern of daily prayerarchitecture, the high crosses and early artmedieval Iona: the nunnery, womens lives, and catering for pilgrimspost Reformation Iona: the rebuilding of the Abbey, the lives of the resident population and what visitors from the 17th century onwards experienced
