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. - 1st ed. - New York : Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, c1995. - x, 246 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0385418485 : $20.00

94028130


Books--History--Ireland--400-1400.
Civilization, Classical--Study and teaching--Ireland.
Learning and scholarship--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
Manuscripts--History.--Ireland
Monastic libraries--Ireland.
Scriptoria--Ireland.
Transmission of texts.


Europe--Civilization--Irish influences.
Ireland--Civilization--To 1172.

DA930.5 / .C34 1995

941.501 / C119h