How The Irish Saved Civilization

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How The Irish Saved Civilization

Wydawnictwo: sceptre

ISBN: 978-03-4063-787-6

ISBN bez myślników: 9780340637876

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 1

Data wydania: 2018-02-22

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

How The Irish Saved Civilization

Wydawnictwo: sceptre

ISBN: 978-14-4471-975-8

ISBN bez myślników: 9781444719758

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 1

Data wydania: 2011-09-01

Język: angielski (Wielka Brytania)

How the Irish Saved Civilization

Wydawnictwo: Vintage

ISBN: 978-03-8541-849-2

ISBN bez myślników: 9780385418492

Typ okładki: Softcover

Liczba stron: 256

Data wydania: 1996-02-01

Język: angielski (Stany Zjednoczone)

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How The Irish Saved Civilization

Thomas Cahill

Pierwsze wydanie: 2011-09-01

'Shamelessly engaging, effortlessly scholarly, utterly refreshing' Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's Ark 'A small treasure' New York Times 'This sweepingly confident overview is more entertainingly told than any previous account' Sunday Telegraph Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed, Ireland became 'the isle of saints and scholars' that enabled the classical and religious heritage to be saved. In his compelling and entertaining narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Irish monks and scrines copied the mauscripts of both pagan and Christian writers, including Homer and Aristotle, while libraries on the continent were lost forever. Bringing the past and its characters to life, Cahill captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilisation.