Who was Saint Patrick? / E.A. Thompson
1985, 1st edition. Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #326672
ISBN: 085115428X
Physical description: xv, 190 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index. Contents:
1. Birth and family -- Enslavement -- Family -- Birth -- His boyhood sin -- 2. Slavery and escape -- A slave in Ireland -- The escape to the sea -- The voyage and the desert -- The second enslavement -- An adventurous theory. 3. The return home -- The return home -- Education and language -- Dreams -- 4. Palladius -- Palladius and Pelagius -- Palladius and Ireland -- Christianity among the northern barbarians -- Christian missions. 5. Patrick appointed bishop -- Patrick's narrative -- The meaning of the narrative -- Bishop at last -- 6. The mission to the Irish -- The aims of the new bishop -- Patrick's achievement -- Finances. 7. The confession -- The character of the Confession -- Patrick and nationalism -- What readers is Patrick addressing? -- 8. Coroticus -- Who was Coroticus? -- Patrick and the epistle -- 9. Conclusion. Subjects: Patrick Saint 373?-463. Patrick Saint. Christian saints Ireland; Biography.
Christian saints Ireland. Christian church Patrick, Saint – Biographies. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €18.95