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.
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TextSeries: Cahill, Thomas. Hinges of history ; v. 1New York : Anchor Books Doubleday, 1995Description: x, 246 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0385418493
- Learning and scholarship -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500
- Civilization, Classical -- Study and teaching -- Ireland
- Books -- Ireland -- History -- 400-1450
- Manuscripts -- Ireland -- History
- Monastic libraries -- Ireland
- Transmission of texts
- Scriptoria -- Ireland
- Ireland -- Civilization -- To 1172
- Europe -- Civilization -- Irish influences
- DA 930.5 .C119 1995
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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
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