Salvador Ryan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3676717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Salvador Ryan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Salvador |
| FAMILY NAME | Ryan |
| SIGNATURE | RYAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Ireland, Maynooth |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1196-7594 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900–1250
The Sick Call and the Drama of Extreme Unction in Irish Folklore
This article examines the priest's sick call in Irish folklore. The sick call normally involved the hearing of the dying person's confession; the administration of extreme unction, the last sacrament that a Roman Catholic was expected to receive; and (if possible) the reception of holy communion, viaticum , food for the journey. Drawing from the large body of stories in the Schools’ Collection (gathered in 1937–8), the article shows how the great…
‘ But this soil, I know! ’
Taking its cue from the story of a Cretan peasant who was reluctant to let go of a handful of his native soil in order to enter heaven, this article begins by exploring ideas concerning the afterlife in which this world is contrasted with the world to come. It then proceeds to discuss how Christians historically have frequently understood themselves to be in the world, but not of it; how dualistic tendencies have often pitted the soul against the…
Introduction to the Special Issue of Religions—“Domestic Devotions in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”
This Special Issue of Religions focuses on lived religion and devotional practices as found in the domestic settings of late medieval and early modern Europe [...]
How to Communicate Lateran IV in 13th Century Ireland
The Liber Exemplorum, a collection of preachers' tales, was compiled c.1275 by an English Franciscan working in Ireland, and is the earliest Franciscan example of its type. Out of 213 exempla which survive in this manuscript, some 26 of these are found in no other source, and are drawn either from the compiler's own experience or from his having heard of them second hand; these often mention Irish place names and feature Irish Christians as the m…
Remembering the Reformation
“Scarce anyone survives a heart wound”
Patrons and Patron Saints in Early Modern English Literature
The Sacrament of Penance and Religious Life in Golden Age Spain
The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland and England, 1589–1597
Holding up a lamp to the Sun’
Competing confessional claims to the early church played a hugely significant part in the revival of the writing of ecclesiastical history during the period of the European Reformations. This question of Christian origins led rival religious groups to contest vigorously the right to claim to be the early church’s legitimate heirs. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century works of ecclesiastical history would, moreover, strive to attain and preserve the…
Some Reflections on Theology and Popular Piety
It hardly needs reminding but scholarship over the past twenty years or so has moved quickly to close what was once perceived to be a chasm between so-called ‘popular’ belief and its ‘elite’ counterpart. Indeed in recent years historians can be said to have come to a consensus at least on the porous nature of what were once viewed as quite distinct categories. As early as 1978[2] Peter Burke argued that while the ‘great’ culture of elites remaine…
The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture
No Milkless Cow’
The cross of Christ in the Middle Ages was the most powerful symbol of God’s victory over sin, death and the forces of evil, while also representing the most abject suffering and degradation of Jesus Christ, the God-Man. A simplistic reading of the evolution of the theology of the cross during this period posits a transition from the early medieval victorious and heroic Christ figure, reigning and triumphant upon the cross, to a late medieval ema…
Last Judgment Iconography in the Carpathians
Adam and Eve in the Protestant Reformation
I, Too, am a Christian’
Veneration of the martyrs as powerful intercessors and exemplars of Christ-like fortitude is one of the earliest and most powerful manifestations of Christian religious practice. Not only were martyrs thought to be assured of salvation, but the blood which they shed was conceived by Tertullian as ‘seed’ for the upbuilding of the Christian Church. As legends of their lives and, more importantly, the manner of their deaths developed over time, mart…
Virgins and Scholars
Conversion to Christianity from Late Antiquity to the Modern Age
A Short World History of Christianity
Anthropology and Poetry
Fixing the Eschatological Scales
The Annals of Loch Cé , a native Irish chronicle compiled in north Roscommon in the years 1588–9, contains the following entry for the year 1568: A cold, stormy year of scarcity was this year; and this is little wonder, for it was in it Mac Diarmada died, i.e. Ruaidhrí, the son of Tadhg, the son of Ruaidhrí Óg, i.e. king of Mag-Luirg and Airtech and Tir-Tuathail and chief lord over the whole territory of Clann-Maelruanaidh, and some more of the d…
The Most Traversed Bridge
Recent years have witnessed the study of late medieval religion change and develop almost beyond recognition. In particular, the phenomenon of ‘popular’ or ‘traditional’ religion has increasingly been placed under the microscope. A succession of studies has questioned the view that an unbridgeable chasm existed between the religious sensibilities of the privileged echelons of society (the higher clergy and members of the nobility) and those of th…
Popular Religion in Gaelic Ireland, 1445-1645
Restricted accessAbstractFirst published June 2003Popular Religion in Gaelic Ireland, 1445-1645: Ph.D. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2002Salvador RyanView all authors and affiliationsVolume 30, Issue 1https://doi.org/10.1177/033248930303000105
The persuasive power of a mother's breast
Depictions of theMadonna and Child, which for centuries have adorned Catholic churches and burial grounds, tend to evoke warm responses from the majority who choose to behold what appears to be an idyllic and peaceful scene.A variation of this theme, such as the portrayal of the Virgin Mary breast-feeding her Divine Son, although less common, has also claimed great popularity among iconographers from the first centuries of Christianity.However, s…
Popular Religion in Gaelic Ireland, 1445-1645
Restricted accessAbstractFirst published June 2003Popular Religion in Gaelic Ireland, 1445-1645: Ph.D. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2002Salvador RyanView all authors and affiliationsVolume 30, Issue 1https://doi.org/10.1177/033248930303000105
The Most Traversed Bridge
Recent years have witnessed the study of late medieval religion change and develop almost beyond recognition. In particular, the phenomenon of ‘popular’ or ‘traditional’ religion has increasingly been placed under the microscope. A succession of studies has questioned the view that an unbridgeable chasm existed between the religious sensibilities of the privileged echelons of society (the higher clergy and members of the nobility) and those of th…
The persuasive power of a mother's breast
Depictions of theMadonna and Child, which for centuries have adorned Catholic churches and burial grounds, tend to evoke warm responses from the majority who choose to behold what appears to be an idyllic and peaceful scene.A variation of this theme, such as the portrayal of the Virgin Mary breast-feeding her Divine Son, although less common, has also claimed great popularity among iconographers from the first centuries of Christianity.However, s…
The persuasive power of a mother's breast
Depictions of theMadonna and Child, which for centuries have adorned Catholic churches and burial grounds, tend to evoke warm responses from the majority who choose to behold what appears to be an idyllic and peaceful scene.A variation of this theme, such as the portrayal of the Virgin Mary breast-feeding her Divine Son, although less common, has also claimed great popularity among iconographers from the first centuries of Christianity.However, s…
Popular Religion in Gaelic Ireland, 1445-1645
Restricted accessAbstractFirst published June 2003Popular Religion in Gaelic Ireland, 1445-1645: Ph.D. Thesis, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2002Salvador RyanView all authors and affiliationsVolume 30, Issue 1https://doi.org/10.1177/033248930303000105
The Most Traversed Bridge
Recent years have witnessed the study of late medieval religion change and develop almost beyond recognition. In particular, the phenomenon of ‘popular’ or ‘traditional’ religion has increasingly been placed under the microscope. A succession of studies has questioned the view that an unbridgeable chasm existed between the religious sensibilities of the privileged echelons of society (the higher clergy and members of the nobility) and those of th…
Fixing the Eschatological Scales
The Annals of Loch Cé , a native Irish chronicle compiled in north Roscommon in the years 1588–9, contains the following entry for the year 1568: A cold, stormy year of scarcity was this year; and this is little wonder, for it was in it Mac Diarmada died, i.e. Ruaidhrí, the son of Tadhg, the son of Ruaidhrí Óg, i.e. king of Mag-Luirg and Airtech and Tir-Tuathail and chief lord over the whole territory of Clann-Maelruanaidh, and some more of the d…
Virgins and Scholars
Conversion to Christianity from Late Antiquity to the Modern Age
A Short World History of Christianity
Anthropology and Poetry
Last Judgment Iconography in the Carpathians
Adam and Eve in the Protestant Reformation
I, Too, am a Christian’
Veneration of the martyrs as powerful intercessors and exemplars of Christ-like fortitude is one of the earliest and most powerful manifestations of Christian religious practice. Not only were martyrs thought to be assured of salvation, but the blood which they shed was conceived by Tertullian as ‘seed’ for the upbuilding of the Christian Church. As legends of their lives and, more importantly, the manner of their deaths developed over time, mart…
Some Reflections on Theology and Popular Piety
It hardly needs reminding but scholarship over the past twenty years or so has moved quickly to close what was once perceived to be a chasm between so-called ‘popular’ belief and its ‘elite’ counterpart. Indeed in recent years historians can be said to have come to a consensus at least on the porous nature of what were once viewed as quite distinct categories. As early as 1978[2] Peter Burke argued that while the ‘great’ culture of elites remaine…
The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture
No Milkless Cow’
The cross of Christ in the Middle Ages was the most powerful symbol of God’s victory over sin, death and the forces of evil, while also representing the most abject suffering and degradation of Jesus Christ, the God-Man. A simplistic reading of the evolution of the theology of the cross during this period posits a transition from the early medieval victorious and heroic Christ figure, reigning and triumphant upon the cross, to a late medieval ema…
The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland and England, 1589–1597
Holding up a lamp to the Sun’
Competing confessional claims to the early church played a hugely significant part in the revival of the writing of ecclesiastical history during the period of the European Reformations. This question of Christian origins led rival religious groups to contest vigorously the right to claim to be the early church’s legitimate heirs. Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century works of ecclesiastical history would, moreover, strive to attain and preserve the…
Patrons and Patron Saints in Early Modern English Literature
The Sacrament of Penance and Religious Life in Golden Age Spain
“Scarce anyone survives a heart wound”
Remembering the Reformation
How to Communicate Lateran IV in 13th Century Ireland
The Liber Exemplorum, a collection of preachers' tales, was compiled c.1275 by an English Franciscan working in Ireland, and is the earliest Franciscan example of its type. Out of 213 exempla which survive in this manuscript, some 26 of these are found in no other source, and are drawn either from the compiler's own experience or from his having heard of them second hand; these often mention Irish place names and feature Irish Christians as the m…
Introduction to the Special Issue of Religions—“Domestic Devotions in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”
This Special Issue of Religions focuses on lived religion and devotional practices as found in the domestic settings of late medieval and early modern Europe [...]
‘ But this soil, I know! ’
Taking its cue from the story of a Cretan peasant who was reluctant to let go of a handful of his native soil in order to enter heaven, this article begins by exploring ideas concerning the afterlife in which this world is contrasted with the world to come. It then proceeds to discuss how Christians historically have frequently understood themselves to be in the world, but not of it; how dualistic tendencies have often pitted the soul against the…
The Sick Call and the Drama of Extreme Unction in Irish Folklore
This article examines the priest's sick call in Irish folklore. The sick call normally involved the hearing of the dying person's confession; the administration of extreme unction, the last sacrament that a Roman Catholic was expected to receive; and (if possible) the reception of holy communion, viaticum , food for the journey. Drawing from the large body of stories in the Schools’ Collection (gathered in 1937–8), the article shows how the great…
Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900–1250
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