How the Irish saved civilization : the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe /
Cahill, Thomas
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. - New York : Anchor Books Doubleday, 1995. - x, 246 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm - Cahill, Thomas. Hinges of history ; v. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index
How real is history? -- End of the world: how Rome fell--and why -- What was lost: the complexities of the classical tradition -- Shifting world of darkness: unholy Ireland -- Good news from far off: the first missionary -- Solid world of light: holy Ireland -- What was found: how the Irish saved civilization -- End of the world: is there any hope?
How Irish scholars preserved Greek and Roman classics, Jewish and Christian writings, and other writings that might have been lost when the Roman Empire collapsed
0385418493
Learning and scholarship--History--Medieval, 500-1500
Civilization, Classical--Study and teaching--Ireland
Books--History--Ireland--400-1450
Manuscripts--History--Ireland
Monastic libraries--Ireland
Transmission of texts
Scriptoria--Ireland
Ireland--Civilization--To 1172
Europe--Civilization--Irish influences
History.
DA 930.5 / .C119 1995
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. - New York : Anchor Books Doubleday, 1995. - x, 246 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm - Cahill, Thomas. Hinges of history ; v. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index
How real is history? -- End of the world: how Rome fell--and why -- What was lost: the complexities of the classical tradition -- Shifting world of darkness: unholy Ireland -- Good news from far off: the first missionary -- Solid world of light: holy Ireland -- What was found: how the Irish saved civilization -- End of the world: is there any hope?
How Irish scholars preserved Greek and Roman classics, Jewish and Christian writings, and other writings that might have been lost when the Roman Empire collapsed
0385418493
Learning and scholarship--History--Medieval, 500-1500
Civilization, Classical--Study and teaching--Ireland
Books--History--Ireland--400-1450
Manuscripts--History--Ireland
Monastic libraries--Ireland
Transmission of texts
Scriptoria--Ireland
Ireland--Civilization--To 1172
Europe--Civilization--Irish influences
History.
DA 930.5 / .C119 1995
