HIST 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Order Of Saint Benedict, Evangelical Counsels, Gregorian Chant
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Lecture 10 jan, 28th 2013 continued from last day. Monastic founder of derry, durrow and (probably) kells. He and his monks were tremendous scholars. His and his men would take books back to his land and copy them. Trouble over a book a ght broke out about ownership of the original copy of this book. He accused himself of killing this man, said he would leave ireland for many years. He goes to iona, just off mull, scotland. Missions to the scoti (irish settlers of scotland) and to the picts (aboriginals) (romans scared of them-painted and tattooed people). Preaching to them with some degree of success. Conversion of king brude of the picts. Irish monks are successful and preaching to kings and these kings are becoming patrons of. Christianity. (scotland) with conversion comes literacy, and higher status. Peregrinatio: leaving ones homeland and travelling; a voluntary self-imposed exile for the love of god.
