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How the Irish Saved Civilization

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

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Publisher's Synopsis

Describes how Irish monks and scribes maintained the record of Western civilization by copying the manuscripts of both pagan and Christian writers, including Homer, Virgil, Plato and Aristotle, while libraries on the continent were lost forever.

Book information

ISBN: 9780340637869
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Pub date:
DEWEY: 941.501
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 246
Weight: 520g
Height: 159mm
Width: 242mm