How the Irish saved civilization : the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe / Thomas Cahill.
By: Cahill, Thomas.
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BookPublisher: New York : Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, 1995Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 246 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0385418485 :.Subject(s): Ireland -- Civilization -- To 1172 | Learning and scholarship -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 | Civilization, Classical -- Study and teaching -- Ireland | Europe -- Civilization -- Irish influences | Books -- Ireland -- History -- 400-1400 | Manuscripts -- Ireland -- History | Monastic libraries -- Ireland | Transmission of texts | Scriptoria -- Ireland | Ireland -- Civilization | Learning and scholarship -- History | Classical civilization -- Study and teaching | Europe -- Civilization | Books -- History | Manuscripts -- History | Monastic librariesDDC classification: 941.501 Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.
How real is history? -- How Rome fell, and why -- The complexities of classical tradition -- Unholy Ireland -- The first missionary -- Holy Ireland -- How the Irish saved civilization -- Is there any hope?
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The story of how Irish scholars preserved Greek and Roman classics, Jewish and Christian writings, and other writings that might have otherwise been lost when the Roman Empire collapsed.
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