The Transformation of the Irish Church in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

Frontcover......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
1 Charting change in the twelfth-century Irish church: the problem of sources......Page 14
2 ‘Regulating the dioceses of the bishops of Ireland’......Page 47
Gillebertus’s treatise on ecclesiastical grades......Page 67
3 ‘A mirror and model’: exemplary bishops and episcopal culture......Page 105
4 ‘Restoring the monastic and canonical rules of the church in Ireland’: St Malachy and monastic reform......Page 131
Malachy’s introduction of Cistercian monasticism......Page 136
The introduction of the customs of Arrouaise......Page 149
Cîteaux, Arrouaise and Savigny......Page 167
The impact of new monasticism on established monasticism......Page 174
5 ‘Rules and good conduct’: the re-formation of lay society......Page 182
War and violence......Page 184
Marriage in twelfth-century Ireland......Page 197
Ecclesiastical patronage, gift-giving and alms......Page 209
6 ‘Right faith and good actions’: lay piety and devotion......Page 216
CONCLUSION: UNIVERSAL IDEALS AND REGIONAL RESPONSES......Page 256
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 262
INDEX......Page 296
Backcover
......Page 312