Columban Saint Monk And Missionary 539 615 Ad Scholars Choice Edition

Author : Clarence Wyatt Bispham
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ISBN 13 : 9781331971221
Total Pages : 70 pages
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Download or read book Columban Saint, Monk, and Missionary, 539-615, A. D written by Clarence Wyatt Bispham and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Columban Saint, Monk, and Missionary, 539-615, A. D: Notes Concerning His Life and Times Mr. Edward A. Freeman, in "Methods of Historical Study," and in a chapter entitled "Original Authorities," writes thus: "The true course of historical study is that for which the old school of Literae Humaniores in this place (Oxford) gave a man so admirable a start. Let the student pick out two or three well chosen periods of history; one man will be drawn to one, another to another, according to the turn of his mind, and any period that can produce an author or authors fitted to serve as books will serve the purpose. I will not recommend one period before another; I will only go so far as to hint that the second century B. C. and the fourth, fifth and sixth centuries A. D. have the twofold merit of being at once specially instructive and specially neglected." In Guizot's Chronological Table of the seventh century there are but six writers to chronicle the bewildering succession of events and of men who were contemporaries in that century. One is the Saint whose history I now attempt to chronicle, another is Fredegaire of Burgundy, a monk of France who lived before the middle of the seventh century, and a third is Jonas, an Italian monk, the Abbot of Bobbio, who wrote the life of Columban. In the ninth century there lived Walafrid Strabo, Abbot of Reichenau, who wrote the life of Saint Gall, companion of Columban. The writings and sermons of Columban form more than sufficient matter for a chapter, and there I have endeavored to show their distinctive force. Another authority of the time 540-615, and most important, is Gregory of Tours, who lived 544-595 and who wrote an "Ecclesiastical History of the Franks." These writers, Columban, Fredegaire, Walafrid Strabo and Gregory of Tours, called Florentius, are my primary authorities; chief among secondary authorities are the "Acta Sanctorum" of the Bollandists, New Series, Vol. VII, p. 868, and the work called "Vie des Saints de Franche Comte." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."