Irish monks
Island monastery dwellers
Irish monks were Christian monastics from Ireland, particularly influential from the 6th through 9th centuries.
They preserved classical texts through the Dark Ages and established monasteries across Europe.
The term evokes images of illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Kells and the missionary journeys that spread literacy and Christianity throughout medieval Britain and the continent.
- ogham stonesInscribed Celtic standing monuments
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- penitentialsGuides for priestly confession
- Dark AgesPost-Roman European decline
early medieval · prayer · St. Patrick · fasting · Book of Kells · round towers · Lindisfarne Gospels · abbots · peregrination · hermits · illuminated manuscripts · psalms · evangelization · stone crosses · insular art · liturgy · saints · Viking invasions
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