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‘Narrating the Irish story of conversion: the earliest lives of St Patrick and the formation of Irish Christian identity’

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On 19 April, 2016, the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies welcomed Katja Ritari (Helsinki) to discuss ‘Narrating the Irish story of conversion: the earliest lives of St Patrick and the formation of Irish Christian identity.’ Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Katja began by stating that the process of conversion is referred to… Continue reading →

Ecclesia Scoticana: The Irish and Scottish Church in the tenth to twelfth centuries’

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On 10 November, 2015, the Centre welcomed Alex Woolf (St Andrews) to discuss ‘Ecclesia Scoticana: The Irish and Scottish Church in the tenth to twelfth centuries’. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Alex began by explaining that this seminar was based on his speculations concerning the status of the Scottish Church from the… Continue reading →