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100 1 $aCahill, Thomas.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90609591
245 10 $aHow the Irish saved civilization :$bthe untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe /$cThomas Cahill.
260 $aNew York :$bAnchor Books, Doubleday,$c[1996]
300 $ax, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aOriginally published: New York : Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, 1995.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: How Real Is History? -- I. The End of the World: How Rome Fell - And Why -- II. What Was Lost: The Complexities of the Classical Tradition -- III. A Shifting World of Darkness: Unholy Ireland -- IV. Good News from Far Off: The First Missionary -- V. A Solid World of Light: Holy Ireland -- VI. What Was Found: How the Irish Saved Civilization -- VII. The End of the World: Is There Any Hope?
520 $aFrom the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne - the "dark ages" - learning, scholarship, and culture disappeared from the European continent. The great heritage of western civilization - from the Greek and Roman classics to Jewish and Christian works - would have been utterly lost were it not for the holy men and women of unconquered Ireland.
520 8 $aIn this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known "hinge" of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the "island of saints and scholars," the Ireland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells. Here, far from the barbarian despoliation of the continent, monks and scribes laboriously, lovingly, even playfully preserved the west's written treasures. With the return of stability in Europe, these Irish scholars were instrumental in spreading learning.
520 8 $aThus the Irish not only were conservators of civilization, but became shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique stamp on western culture.
650 0 $aLearning and scholarship$xHistory$yMedieval, 500-1500.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85075531
650 0 $aCivilization, Classical$xStudy and teaching$zIreland.
650 0 $aBooks$zIreland$xHistory$y400-1400.
650 0 $aManuscripts$zIreland$xHistory.
650 0 $aMonastic libraries$zIreland.
650 0 $aTransmission of texts.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136986
650 0 $aScriptoria$zIreland.
651 0 $aIreland$xCivilization$yTo 1172.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067972
651 0 $aEurope$xCivilization$xIrish influences.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045652
852 00 $bbar$hDA930.5$i.C34 1996
852 00 $bbar,stor$hDA930.5$i.C34 1996