How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill

How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

The Hinges of History #1

Thomas Cahill

246 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
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In his compelling and entertaining narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Rome evolved from the classical age to the medieval era. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization - copying the manuscr...

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