Sun Dancing by Geoffrey Moorhouse

Sun Dancing by Geoffrey Moorhouse

Visible on a clear day off the west coast of Ireland, the Skellig Islands, a cluster of cruel rocks, rise spectacularly from the Atlantic Ocean. A sanctuary to birds and seals today, for over six hundred years during the middle ages it was a center for a particularly intense form of monastic life, one that acclaimed writer Geoffrey Moorhouse explores with utmost fascination, scholarship, and imagination in Sun Dancing. A must read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Celtic spirituality, Moorhouse's lively narrative is a superbly imagined account of the monks' isolated life-the spiritual struggles and triumphs and unbelievable physical hardships. To complement and enrich the book, Moorhouse establishes the historical context of Irish monasticism and describes the monks' influence and undeniable role in preserving western civilization, as well as unexpected connections between medieval Ireland and India, Egypt, and Byzantium, and the surviving impact of pagan mythology. An entertaining and enlightening work, Sun Dancing makes medieval Ireland come alive.

Geoffrey Moorhouse is the author of 19 books, including the Thomas Cook Award-winning To the Frontier and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist Sun Dancing.

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ISBN 13	9780156006026
ISBN 10	0156006022
Title	Sun Dancing
Author	Geoffrey Moorhouse
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Harper Paperbacks
Year published	1999-03-11
Number of pages	304
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