Celtic Scotland
by W. F. Skene
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W.F. Skene’s 3 volume history of Celtic Scotland is one of singular scholarship, arguably the most influential Scottish historical work of the 19th century. Each volume stands alone and can be read separately, rather than sequentially.Volume II. studies the monastic church in Ireland and Iona with much attention given to St. Columba, the family of Iona and the Columban church generally. Subsequent chapters discuss the churches of Cumbria and Lothian, the Culdees, Coärbs of Columcille and the end of the old Celtic church in Scotland. The final chapter chiefly looks at the church’s influence on ...
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- CELTIC SCOTLAND: A HISTORY OF Ancient Alban
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- BOOK II. CHURCH AND CULTURE.
- CHAPTER I. THE CHURCHES IN THE WEST.
- CHAPTER II. THE MONASTIC CHURCH IN IRELAND.
- CHAPTER III. THE MONASTIC CHURCH IN IONA.
- CHAPTER IV. THE FAMILY OF IONA.
- CHAPTER V. THE CHURCHES OF CUMBRIA AND LOTHIAN.
- CHAPTER VI. THE SECULAR CLERGY AND THE CULDEES.
- CHAPTER VII. THE COÄRBS OF COLUMCILLE.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE SCOTTISH CHURCH.
- CHAPTER IX. EXTINCTION OF THE OLD CELTIC CHURCH IN SCOTLAND.
- CHAPTER X. LEARNING AND LANGUAGE.
- APPENDIX.
- I. THE OLD IRISH LIFE OF ST. COLUMBA,
- II. THE RULE OF SAINT COLUMBA.
- III. CATALOGUE OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES, at the end of the Chronicle of Henry of Silgrave, c. A.D. 1272, so far as it relates to Scotland.
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