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Article: Burial in Medieval Ireland 900-1500: A Review of the Written Sources.(Review)
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- Medium Aevum
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- March 22, 2001
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Susan Leigh Fry, Burial in Medieval Ireland 900-1500: A Review of the Written Sources (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1999). 224 pp. ISBN 1-85182-309-3. 35.00 [pounds sterling].
In The Sacred Isle: Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland, Daithi O hOgain has set himself a formidable task. He aims to reconstruct the changing religious beliefs of the inhabitants of Ireland from the dawn of time to the coming of Christianity using a variety of sources: archaeology and the writings of classical authors such as Caesar, but principally the stories, legends, and folklore set down by later Christian authors and often adapted to suit the new religion. He begins by giving ...
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