Columba's Island

Columba's Island by Mairi Macarthur

From here, Colum Cille - or St Columba - and his successors spread their Christian mission throughout Scotland and beyond. An early king of D l Riata was consecrated here, and later the mighty Lords of the Isles brought their chieftains for burial on Iona's soil. In more recent times the island was the setting for the Iona Community, a radical experiment in church witness and worship.Living alongside these events, and often in their shadow, there has also been a local community. This is the first book about Iona to span the ages, tracing the population from prehistoric times to the present era. From the inhabitants of an iron-age fort to the medieval village clustered beside the Cathedral walls, and onwards right up to the men and women who worked the land and sea through two World Wars, it takes a fresh look at Columba's Island. And it seeks to delve behind the layers of myth and mystery which have built up around this historic place and the lives of its people

E. Mairi MacArthur is author of several books including Columba’s Island: Iona from Past to Present (Edinburgh University Press, 1995; revised edition 2007), Colin Baxter Island Guides: Iona (1997; new edition 2001) and Iona: Souvenir Guide (1999).

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ISBN 13	9780748632619
ISBN 10	0748632611
Title	Columba's Island
Author	Mairi Macarthur
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Year published	2007-05-08
Number of pages	224
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