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9 - The End of the World at the Ends of the Earth: Apocalyptic Thought in Medieval Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2020

By
John Carey
Edited by
Colin McAllister
Colin McAllister
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
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Summary

Medieval Ireland had a rich apocalyptic literature, encompassing treatments of the end-times, eschatology, and the afterlife. This chapter surveys several of the main texts, with special attention to themes that are particularly characteristic of Irish apocalyptic.

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Irelandsoulvisionafterlife
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The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature , pp. 156 - 171
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Selected Further Reading

Boswell, C. S. An Irish Precursor of Dante: A Study on the Vision of Heaven and Hell Ascribed to the Eighth-Century Irish Saint Adamnán. London: David Nutt, 1908.Google Scholar
Carey, John. The Ever-New Tongue: The Text in the Book of Lismore. Apocryphes 15. Turnhout: Brepols, 2018.Google Scholar
Carey, John. King of Mysteries: Early Irish Religious Writings. 2nd ed. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Carey, John, Cárthaigh, Emma Nic, and Ó Dochartaigh, Caitríona, eds. The End and Beyond: Medieval Irish Eschatology. Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014.Google Scholar
Heist, W. W. The Fifteen Signs before Doomsday. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State College Press, 1952.Google Scholar
Herbert, Máire, and McNamara, Martin. Irish Biblical Apocrypha: Selected Texts in Translation. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1989.Google Scholar
McNamara, Martin. The Apocrypha in the Irish Church. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1975.Google Scholar
McNamara, Martin, ed. Apocalyptic and Eschatological Heritage: The Middle East and Celtic Realms. Dublin: Four Courts, 2003.Google Scholar
O’Meara, John J. The Voyage of Saint Brendan: Journey to the Promised Land. Dublin: Dolmen, 1978.Google Scholar
Seymour, St John D. Irish Visions of the Other-World: A Contribution to the Study of Mediæval Visions. London: SPCK, 1930.Google Scholar

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