St Samson of Dol and the Earliest History of Brittany, Cornwall and Wales

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The First Life of St Samson of Dol (Vita Prima Samsonis) is a key text for the study of early Welsh, Cornish, Breton and indeed west Frankish history. In the twentieth century it was the subject of unresolved scholarly controversy that tended to limit its usefulness. However, more recent research has firmly re-established its significance as a historical source. This volume presents the results of new, multi-disciplinary, assessment of the text and its context. What emerges from the studies collected here is a context of greater plausibility for the First Life of St Samson of Dol as an early and essentially historical text, potentially at the centre of early British Christianity and its influence on the Continent. The landscape of that Christianity is gradually emerging from the shadows and it is a landscape in which the career of St Samson, the first Insular peregrinus, is shown to be of considerable importance. Lynette Olson is an Honorary Associate of the Department of History, University of Sydney. Contributors: Caroline Brett, Karen Jankulak, Constant J. Mews, Lynette Olson, Joseph-Claude Poulin, Richard Sowerby, Ian N. Wood, Jonathan M. Wooding.

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List of Tables
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Editor's Preface
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- By Lynette Olson, University of Sydney
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Map: Places associated with St Samson in the First Life
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1 - Introduction: ‘Getting Somewhere’ with the First Life of St Samson of Dol
pp 1-18
- By Lynette Olson, University of Sydney
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2 - A Family and its Saint in the Vita Prima Samsonis
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- By Richard Sowerby
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3 - La Circulation de l'information dans la Vie ancienne de s. Samson de Dol et la question de sa datation
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- By Joseph-Claude Poulin
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4 - The Hare and the Tortoise? Vita Prima Sancti Samsonis, Vita Paterni, and Merovingian Hagiography
pp 83-102
- By Caroline Brett
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5 - Columbanus, the Britons, and the Merovingian Church
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- By Ian N. Wood
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6 - Apostolic Authority and Celtic Liturgies: from the Vita Samsonis to the Ratio de cursus
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- By Constant J. Mews
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7 - The Representation of Early British Monasticism and Peregrinatio in Vita Prima S. Samsonis
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- By Jonathan M. Wooding
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8 - Present and Yet Absent: the Cult of St Samson of Dol in Wales
pp 163-180
- By Karen Jankulak
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Bibliography
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Index
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Studies in Celtic History
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Frontmatter
pp i-v

Contents
pp vi-vi

List of Tables
pp vii-vii

Editor's Preface
pp viii-viii

Map: Places associated with St Samson in the First Life
pp ix-ix

1 - Introduction: ‘Getting Somewhere’ with the First Life of St Samson of Dol
pp 1-18

2 - A Family and its Saint in the Vita Prima Samsonis
pp 19-36

3 - La Circulation de l'information dans la Vie ancienne de s. Samson de Dol et la question de sa datation
pp 37-82

4 - The Hare and the Tortoise? Vita Prima Sancti Samsonis, Vita Paterni, and Merovingian Hagiography
pp 83-102

5 - Columbanus, the Britons, and the Merovingian Church
pp 103-114

6 - Apostolic Authority and Celtic Liturgies: from the Vita Samsonis to the Ratio de cursus
pp 115-136

7 - The Representation of Early British Monasticism and Peregrinatio in Vita Prima S. Samsonis
pp 137-162

8 - Present and Yet Absent: the Cult of St Samson of Dol in Wales
pp 163-180

Bibliography
pp 181-208

Index
pp 209-219

Studies in Celtic History
pp 220-222

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