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 - USED

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 manuscripts of both pagan and Christian writers including Homer, Virgil, Plato and Aristotle, while libraries on the continent were forever lost - they brought their uniquely Irish view of the world to the task. It was in Ireland that the seeds of European cultures were germanated anew - thus, the liveliness we associate with the Middle Ages.