f La lingua greca nel cristianesimo irlandese altomedievale: testimonianze e status quaestionis tra irophobie e iromanie

This article presents and analyses specific sources and issues relating to the difficult problem of identifying the presence of Greek, and the depth of knowledge thereof, in Ireland during the centuries that preceded the Carolingian Renaissance. This short paper is specifically motivated by the current lack of a common methodological-interpretative framework which can be fruitfully applied to this subject, together with continuing lack of consensus amongst scholars. This deficiency exists despite the fact that the answer to this difficult question would provide a fundamental key to a more exhaustive understanding of the influence of Early Medieval Irish culture —especially religious— on that of continental Europe, and also sheds light on the traditional debate between the proponents of Irophobie and those of Iromanie.