An Irish precursor of Dante : $b a study on the Vision of Heaven and Hell ascribed to the eighth-century Irish saint Adamnán, with translation of the Irish text

"An Irish Precursor of Dante" by Charles Stuart Boswell is a book that looks at an old Irish story called "Vision of Heaven and Hell," which people thought was written by an Irish saint named Adamnán in the 700s. Boswell probably wrote this in the early 1900s. The book explores the connections between Adamnán’s story and a famous poem by Dante, called "Commedia," by examining the old Irish text and translating it. Boswell's work explains the importance of vision stories in medieval times, especially in Ireland, and how these stories changed over time. It gives information about Adamnán's life, his importance to the church, and Irish culture at the time. This preparation leads to a closer look at Adamnán's story, where his soul travels through heaven and hell, teaching moral lessons. Boswell shows how this Irish story may have helped inspire later works like Dante’s by untangling the ways myth, faith, and culture were linked together back then.