The six ages of Patrick : Yet another return to the dating question
Journal article
Joyce, Steve. (2021). The six ages of Patrick : Yet another return to the dating question. Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association. 17(1), pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.35253/JAEMA.2021.1.1
Authors | Joyce, Steve |
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Abstract | This article returns to the surviving texts of Patrick, apostle to Ireland, in order to refine further his floruit in the fifth century. It argues that Patrick's use of a classical scheme relating age to status clarifies the contexts for the autobiographical details of his life, and that these details can be correlated with the limited historical records that survive for this period. In connecting his excommunication of Coroticus to an Easter controversy c. 455, and his controversial elevation to an episcopal see to a dislocation in clerical authority in Britain c. 441, I argue that Patrick's formal clerical career c. 427-455 matches Richard Hanson's sophisticated literary arguments made in the latter third of the twentieth century. I also propose that the uncertainty over the date of Patrick's death (in a context of exile), as represented by various reports in the Irish and Welsh annals c. 457-493, is inconsequential to his formal period of authority. |
Keywords | Patrick; Chronicle of Ireland; Germanus; Leo the Great; Easter controversy |
Year | 01 Jan 2021 |
Journal | Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association |
Journal citation | 17 (1), pp. 1-24 |
Publisher | Australian Early Medieval Association |
ISSN | 1449-9320 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.35253/JAEMA.2021.1.1 |
Web address (URL) | https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.798702331143534 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-24 |
Author's accepted manuscript | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
May 2021 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 16 Jan 2024 |
Additional information | © the author and Australian Early Medieval Association |
Place of publication | Australia |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90127/the-six-ages-of-patrick-yet-another-return-to-the-dating-question
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