Ireland’s Round Towers: Buildings, Rituals and Landscapes of the Early Irish Church.
Author: O’KEEFFE, Tadhg.
Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 2004. 159 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
This book explores the towers’ qualities as works of architecture and examines their relationships with other buildings at the sites on which they stand. The author suggests how the towers were employed in ceremonies and other ritualised activities of the Viking Age Church in Ireland. They prove to be a crucial part of the story of Irish Christianity between the Viking raids and the Anglo-Norman invasion.
Contents:-
List of illustrations
Preface
1. Annalists, antiquarians, nationalists: Round Towers in History
2. The enduring template: Round Tower architecture and its chronology
3. Bells, processions, deaths: Round Tower functions
4. Where did the Round Tower idea come from?
5. Some closing thoughts
Gazetteer of Ireland’s free-standing Round Towers
List of abbreviations
Further reading
Index to sites
ISBN: 0752425714
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