Book Details
| Author: | Howorth, Henry H.: |
| Title: | The Irish Monks and the Norsemen. |
| Published: | London: Privately printed, 1880. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 19 - Irish |
| Description: | First edition. 50 pp. An account of the early monks in Ireland and their victimisation by the Vikings from Scandanavia. Prior to the 9th century Ireland was crowded with monastries on both the mainland and on Islands off her coast. Details of the construction of such monastries at various sites, accounts of the invasions, destruction and pillage from the monastries. Text clean throughout. Paper covers. Rear cover missing but no loss of text. Overall condition VG-. |
| Book Number: | #8139 |
| Price: | € 56.00 |
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