Download or read book Latin Letters in Early Christian Ireland written by Michael W. Herren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1996 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with the transmission and reception of Latin literary culture in the early Middle Ages, and with the production of Latin works in Ireland and in Irish centres on the Continent. In these articles, Professor Herren deals with several closely related themes: the introduction of Latin into Ireland and the study of Latin literary heritage; the language and metre of Hiberno-Latin writings; and questions of dating and authorship pertaining to a number of crucial texts, from Columbanus to John Scottus Eriugena.