Synopses & Reviews
Lives of the Welsh Saints broke substantial new ground in the study and understanding of Welsh saints and the history of the church in Wales when it was first published in the early twentieth century. G. H. Doble presented deeply researched, wholly accessible accounts of the lives of five saintsDubricius, Iltut, Paulinus, Teilo, and Oudoceusand through them highlights a momentous period in Welsh history as Roman rule receded and links between Wales and Brittany grew in strength and importance. This new publication will make this essential book in Welsh religious history available to a new readership.
Synopsis
In the ‘Age of the Saints between the fifth and seventh centuries, early Christian leaders in Wales assimilated the currents of existing faith and indigenous Celtic devotion into the intellectual traditions of the greater European church. The humanist teaching of such figures as ‘papa Dubricius (Dyfrig) in Erging, and of his successor Iltut (Illtud) in Llantwit Major, were followed by the sixth-century saints who turned increasingly to an ascetic monasticism influenced by ideas originating in the eastern Mediterranean. Although the idea of a Celtic Church encompassing the Celtic nations has now been superseded in our understanding of the period, the lives of the saints are squarely set against the backdrop of the lands of their mission.
The lives represent medieval Latin scripts in eulogy to the religious leaders of earlier centuries, though rarely achieving great literary invention around only kernels of truth that relate to the individual saints, and should correctly be viewed as embodying a literary form in their own right.
This is a newly available edition of G. H Dobles Lives of the Welsh Saints, which was edited by Professor D. Simon Evans in 1984. This volume contains his work on five Welsh Saints - Dubricius, Iltut, Paulinus, Teilo and Oudoceus.
Synopsis
This is a newly available edition of G. H Doble's Lives of the Welsh Saints, which was edited by Professor D. Simon Evans in 1984. This volume contains his work on five Welsh Saints - Dubricius, Iltut, Paulinus, Teilo and Oudoceus.
About the Author
Canon G. H. Doble (1880-1945) spent much of his life as a country priest in Cornwall.D. Simon Evans (1921-1998) was professor of Welsh and deputy principal at St. David's University College of Wales, Lampeter.
Table of Contents
Preface
Editorial Note
Our Early Welsh Saints and History
Saint Dubricius
Saint Iltut
Saint Paulinus of Wales
Saint Teilo
Saint Oudoceus
Abbreviations
Index