‘The Life of St. Patrick and His Place in History’ is the first truly authoritative biography of Saint Patrick’s life and a well researched study of the times in which he lived in. Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the ‘Apostle of Ireland’, he is the primary patron saint of Ireland.
Contents:
On the Diffusion of Christianity Beyond the Roman Empire
The Captivity and Escape of Patrick
In Gaul and Britain
Political and Social Condition of Ireland
In the Island-Plain, in Dalaradia
In Meath
In Connaught
Foundation of Armagh and Ecclesiastical Organisation
Writings of Patrick, and His Death
Patricks Place in History
About the author
John Bagnell Bury (1861 – 1927) was an Irish historian, classical scholar, Medieval Roman historian and philologist. He objected to the label ‘Byzantinist’ explicitly in the preface to the 1889 edition of his Later Roman Empire. He held the position of Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History at Trinity College Dublin.
