Celtic Christianity in Early Medieval Wales: The Origins of the Welsh Spiritual Tradition

by Oliver Davies

Book Overview

This first full-length theological study of sources from early medieval Wales traces common Celtic features in early Welsh religious literature. The author explores the origins of the earliest Welsh tradition in the fusion of Celtic primal religion with primitive Christianity, and traces some considerable Irish influence. These specific Celtic spiritual emphases are examined in the religious poetry of the Black Book of Carmarthen, the Book of Taliesin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070831287X
• ISBN13: 9780708312872
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"