This impressive survey covers the early history of Ireland from the coming of Christianity to
the Norman settlement. Within a broad political framework it explores the nature of Irish …

My general context for a consideration of perceptions of the past in the early middle ages is
the migration of ideas by written as well as by oral means within early medieval culture. Any …

Bede (c. 673-735) was the leading intellectual figure of the Anglo-Saxon Church, and his
writings had a profound influence on the development of English Christian thought. Among …

This book is part of a comprehensive study of Alcuin that is completed in Alcuin: Theology
and Thought. The whole study owes a great deal to my pupils and colleagues at …

Awarded the Irish Historical Research Prize 2021. The Venerable Bede (c. 673–735) was
the leading intellectual figure of the early Anglo-Saxon Church, and his extensive corpus of …

WINNER OF THE FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021. SHORTLISTED IN SCOTLAND'S
NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021 The first full-scale, interdisciplinary treatment of the wide …

This book complements Alcuin–His Life and Legacy and completes my study of Alcuin's
contribution to the formation of Catholic Christianity in Western Europe at the end of the …

The hopes and fears associated with the imminence of apocalypse acted as catalysts for a
number of significant changes in history. Relevant patterns of behaviour are not, however …

Over the past few decades, the early medieval Easter controversy has increasingly been
portrayed as a conflict between the 'Celtic'and the 'Roman'churches, limiting the …

Using textual and archaeological evidence to examine patterns of interaction and
relationship between Francia and Scandinavia from 700-840 this dissertation demonstrates …