Hiberno-Latin Literature
Michael W. Herren
This entry covers the principal genres of Hiberno‐Latin literature (sixth to twelfth century) with representative examples. It focuses on school literature, hagiography, religious poetry, and wisdom in pre‐Carolingian period then notes developments that follow works writers active Carolingian Empire, where acrostic panegyric are new be mastered. The also addresses sources available Irish their engagement Greek over entire span.
The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain