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1) How the Irish saved civilization: the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe

Author

Cahill, Thomas

Series

Hinges of history ; 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift!

Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity...

2) A world lit only by fire: the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age

Author

Manchester, William

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook

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"Explores the sordidness and the splendor of the Middle Ages as well as the collapse of the medieval mind and its metamorphosis into The Renaissance." --

3) Intellectuals in the Middle Ages

Author

Le Goff, Jacques

Publisher

Blackwell

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

4) The wandering scholars of the Middle Ages

Author

Waddell, Helen

Publisher

Dover

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

5) Science and thought in the fifteenth century: studies in the history of medicine and surgery, natural and mathematical science, philosophy and politics

Author

Thorndike, Lynn

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Pub. Date

1929.

Language

English

6) How the Irish saved civilization

Author

Cahill, Thomas

Series

Recorded Books Evergreen

Publisher

Recorded Books

Pub. Date

[1996]

Language

English

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Presents an accessible and revealing portrait of medieval times. As Europe reaches intellectual stagnation and decline, Ireland bursts forth as a vigourous haven of scholarship.

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1) How the Irish saved civilization: the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe

2) A world lit only by fire: the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age

3) Intellectuals in the Middle Ages

4) The wandering scholars of the Middle Ages

5) Science and thought in the fifteenth century: studies in the history of medicine and surgery, natural and mathematical science, philosophy and politics

6) How the Irish saved civilization