Pater Ecgberct of Rath Melsigi: The Hero of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica?
Lecture by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
Given at University College Cork on April 27, 2023
Excerpt: My title has a question mark not because I’m doubtful about the proposition but because I think some other people might be. Pater Ecgberct of Rath Melsigi and the hero of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica obviously raises various questions. One initial question would be are we being anachronistic? Are there heroes that can be celebrated in this period? Is it possible that somebody like Ecgberct could be a hero of somebody like Bede and in something like Historia Ecclesiastica?
Pater Ecgberct of Rath Melsigi: The Hero of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica?
Lecture by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
Given at University College Cork on April 27, 2023
Excerpt: My title has a question mark not because I’m doubtful about the proposition but because I think some other people might be. Pater Ecgberct of Rath Melsigi and the hero of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica obviously raises various questions. One initial question would be are we being anachronistic? Are there heroes that can be celebrated in this period? Is it possible that somebody like Ecgberct could be a hero of somebody like Bede and in something like Historia Ecclesiastica?
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín is an Irish historian and formerly a Professor of History at NUI Galway. Click here to see his Wikipedia page.
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