Bibliography
Colmán
Ó Clabaigh
Works authored
Ó Clabaigh, Colmán, The Friars in Ireland 1224–1540, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012.
abstract:
This work surveys the history, lifestyle and impact of the friars in Ireland from the arrival of the Dominicans in 1224 to the Henrican campaign to dissolve the religious houses in 1540. It constitutes the first attempt to examine the mendicant phenomenon as a whole rather than focusing on individual orders and friaries.
The first three chapters give a chronological overview of the arrival and initial expansion of the friars in the thirteenth century, through the upheavals of the fourteenth century and the emergence of vigorous reform parties within each order in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
The second section consists of seven chapters that examine discrete aspects of mendicant lifestyle and ministry. These include analyses of the friars’ relationships with their patrons, benefactors and critics. The mendicant lifestyle forms the subject of one chapter, as does the friars’ efficacy as preachers, confessors and counsellors. Particular attention is devoted to the educational and formation structures within each order, as well as to devotional and liturgical activities. The art and architecture of the friars is examined in another chapter. The volume concludes with an epilogue detailing the developments and upheavals in Irish mendicant life during the tumultuous decade between 1530 and 1540.(source: Four Courts Press)
abstract:
This work surveys the history, lifestyle and impact of the friars in Ireland from the arrival of the Dominicans in 1224 to the Henrican campaign to dissolve the religious houses in 1540. It constitutes the first attempt to examine the mendicant phenomenon as a whole rather than focusing on individual orders and friaries.
The first three chapters give a chronological overview of the arrival and initial expansion of the friars in the thirteenth century, through the upheavals of the fourteenth century and the emergence of vigorous reform parties within each order in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
The second section consists of seven chapters that examine discrete aspects of mendicant lifestyle and ministry. These include analyses of the friars’ relationships with their patrons, benefactors and critics. The mendicant lifestyle forms the subject of one chapter, as does the friars’ efficacy as preachers, confessors and counsellors. Particular attention is devoted to the educational and formation structures within each order, as well as to devotional and liturgical activities. The art and architecture of the friars is examined in another chapter. The volume concludes with an epilogue detailing the developments and upheavals in Irish mendicant life during the tumultuous decade between 1530 and 1540.(source: Four Courts Press)
Works edited
Browne, Martin, and Colmán Ó Clabaigh (eds), Households of God: the regular canons and canonesses of St Augustine and Prémontré in medieval Ireland, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2020.
abstract:
Although the most numerous and widespread of all the religious orders in medieval Ireland, the regular canons and canonesses have been somewhat neglected in Irish historiography. This collection, the proceedings of the 2017 Glenstal History Conference, examines the role of the canonical movement (those who followed the rule of St Augustine) in Ireland from its emergence as an expression of the Vita Apostolica in the twelfth century, through the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor period until its eventual disappearance in the early nineteenth century.
This volume combines the evidence for the archaeology, architecture and history of the movement with that relating to its cultural, economic, liturgical, intellectual and pastoral activities. Between them, the contributors provide fascinating insights on a neglected aspect of Irish monastic history while situating it in a broader European ecclesial context.
abstract:
Although the most numerous and widespread of all the religious orders in medieval Ireland, the regular canons and canonesses have been somewhat neglected in Irish historiography. This collection, the proceedings of the 2017 Glenstal History Conference, examines the role of the canonical movement (those who followed the rule of St Augustine) in Ireland from its emergence as an expression of the Vita Apostolica in the twelfth century, through the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor period until its eventual disappearance in the early nineteenth century.
This volume combines the evidence for the archaeology, architecture and history of the movement with that relating to its cultural, economic, liturgical, intellectual and pastoral activities. Between them, the contributors provide fascinating insights on a neglected aspect of Irish monastic history while situating it in a broader European ecclesial context.
Contributions to edited collections or authored works
Ó Clabaigh, Colmán, “Monasticism, colonization, and ethnic tension in late medieval Ireland”, in: Alison I. Beach, and Isabelle Cochelin (eds), Cambridge history of medieval monasticism in the Latin west, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 901–920.
abstract:
The period between the mid-eleventh and early fourteenth centuries witnessed seismic changes within Irish Church and society. From the middle of the eleventh century, reforming prelates, papal legates, and ecclesiastical synods sought to transform Irish Church structures, reinvigorating them along the lines of the Continental movement broadly known as the Gregorian reform. The Irish monastic presence on the Continent, already established from the sixth century onward, experienced a revival, and Irish monasteries in Germany and Italy acted as important conduits for the circulation of ideas, texts, and personnel. The Anglo-Norman incursion of 1169 initiated a period of rapid conquest, colonization, and consolidation that continued for just over a century. All of these developments had major consequences for Irish monastic and religious life.
abstract:
The period between the mid-eleventh and early fourteenth centuries witnessed seismic changes within Irish Church and society. From the middle of the eleventh century, reforming prelates, papal legates, and ecclesiastical synods sought to transform Irish Church structures, reinvigorating them along the lines of the Continental movement broadly known as the Gregorian reform. The Irish monastic presence on the Continent, already established from the sixth century onward, experienced a revival, and Irish monasteries in Germany and Italy acted as important conduits for the circulation of ideas, texts, and personnel. The Anglo-Norman incursion of 1169 initiated a period of rapid conquest, colonization, and consolidation that continued for just over a century. All of these developments had major consequences for Irish monastic and religious life.
