User talk:AFBorchert/Archives/2010

Neue Disk für Dich
Hi, I have created a talk site for you, here: http://wikibay.org/Benutzer_Diskussion:AFBorchert It's a dummy, you still can reseve your nick there. You can write English of course. Any questions? (better there) Regards Mutter Erde 78.55.254.226 (talk) 16:34, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Mutter Erde, I've no interest in participating at Wikibay. As I've practiced it in the past, I won't block you as long as all your edits remain constructive, edits like this one, however, lead to blocks, if noticed by me. Regards, AFBorchert (talk) 16:46, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Per your request you are now a Reviewer
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The 12th Century Irish Church reform
I started working with this a while ago, and History_of_Ireland_800-1169 is as far as I got. I'm planning to try to take this up again, but I was looking for inspiration (and possibly some ideas or sources to steal). So my question is, have you (or anyone else) written about this over at dewiki, and if so: could you give me links. I tried looking around, but I can't seem to find my way through the categories there. Best regards, Finn Rindahl (talk) 22:32, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Finn, the best work about the reform of the Irish church in this period is in my opinion Aubrey Gwynn: The Irish Church in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. Four Courts Press, Dublin 1992, ISBN 1-85182-095-7. This provides significant insight in the early history of the see in Dublin, the developments in Armagh, and all the major people involved in this reform process. Regarding the state of the Irish church before the reform I would not just rely on Kathleen Hughes as significant insights came after her early death. I would recommend the work by Colmán Etchingham: Church Organisation in Ireland AD 650 to 1000, ISBN 0-9537598-0-6. It is also quite instructive to read some of the primary sources, i.e. Vita Sancti Malachiae episcopi by Bernhard of Clairvaux, and the letters by Lanfranc and Anselm (Helen Clover, Margaret Gibson: The Letters of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. Oxford University Press, 1979, ISBN 0-19-822235-1; Walter Fröhlich: The Letters of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, three volumes, Cistercian Publications, volume two is the most interesting in this aspect: ISBN 0-87907-897-0 (sic!)). Some years ago, I wrote some articles about individuals from this period: Cellach Mac Aodh, Domnall Ua hÉnna, Muirchertach Mac Domnall, Niall Mac Aodh, Imar Ua h-Aedacháin, and Maol Muire Ua Dunáin. I once added a section about the state of the early church in the mirror of the Collectio Canonum Hibernensis, see here. Note however that these contributions by me are several years old now and require also some improvement. Best regards, AFBorchert (talk) 23:21, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks Andreas, I had a look at the German Cellach article when I expanded Cellach of Armagh here a while ago - from what I was able to understand you've done a very decent work there. I should probably get hold of Gwynn at least. Finn Rindahl (talk) 21:10, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the beautiful window you added to Saint Ibar Gareth E Kegg (talk) 22:33, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Gareth, thank you for your kind notice. I had the fortunate opportunity to spend some time in the pilgrimage church at Our Lady's Island and uploaded some photographs. BTW, do you know about Edward Culleton's book about Celtic and Early Christian Wexford, ISBN 1-85182-515-0, that dedicates an entire chapter St Ibar? Best wishes, AFBorchert (talk) 22:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)