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The Life of St. Patrick and His Place in History

John Bagnell Bury · 1905

A biographical history examining the life of Saint Patrick within the context of late antiquity.

William Dalrymple notes it served as the standard account of Patrick for many years and was written as the last chapter in the history of the Roman Empire.

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“called The Life of St. Patrick and His Place in History. And he wrote that as a historian of the later Roman Empire, of late antiquity.”

Why: It served as the standard account of Patrick for many years and was written as the last chapter in the history of the Roman Empire.

William Dalrymple, Host on Empire385. Saint Patrick: Slave, Rebel, & Ireland’s Patron Saint (Ep 3)

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