Early Christian Ireland by Maire & Liam de Paor

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good. 1958. Frederick A. Praeger. 1st Edition. Illustrated.

While the rest of western Europe was plunged into the Dark Ages by the fall of the Roman Empire, Ireland entered her Golden Age of literature, learning and art. This is the first book to deal with that remarkable Early Christian culture as a whole, and the first that summarises the evidence of the excavations of the past quarter-century. Much unpublished material has been used, and new views are offered on various aspects of the subject.