Celtic and Roman Traditions: Conflict and Consensus in the Early Medieval Church »

Caitlin Corning is Professor of History, George Fox University.

This book is a new survey of the Celtic and Roman traditions in Merovingian Gaul, Lombard Italy, and the British Isles from 590-768. In it Corning argues that the main areas of conflict between the two traditions during this period were the Easter controversy and by extension the style of tonsure. Corning's work serves as a valuable case study of the ways in which the early medieval Church attempted to reach consensus on divisive issues.

List of Maps     viii
List of Illustrations     ix
List of Abbreviations     x
Preface     xii
Introduction     1
Columbanus and the Merovingian Church     19
Columbanian Monasticism after 615 AD     45
The British Church and the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms to c.620     65
The Irish Church to 640     81
The Irish Church after 640     95
Iona and Northumbria, 634-65     112
Northumbria and Anglo-Saxon England, 665-735     130
Iona, the Picts, and the British     150
Conclusion     169
Easter Dates     182
Notes     191
Bibliography     232
Index     251