Ireland and the Antipodes: The Heterodoxy of Virgil of Salzburg

@article{Carey1989IrelandAT,
  title={Ireland and the Antipodes: The Heterodoxy of Virgil of Salzburg},
  author={John Carey},
  journal={Speculum},
  year={1989},
  volume={64},
  pages={1 - 10}
}
  • J. Carey
  • Published 1 January 1989
  • History
  • Speculum
Etant encore simple missionnaire, Virgile de Salzbourg fut juge heretique parce qu'il croyait aux Antipodes, conception etrangere au continent et rejetee par les Peres. Mais la tradition irlandaise a laquelle appartenait Virgile offre mainte allusion a cette croyance que l'A. a deja examinee dans " Eigse ", 19, 1982, p. 36-43, et qu'il documente aussi dans les " Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium ", vol. 7 indique a paraitre 
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