TY - BOOK AU - Cahill,Thomas TI - How the Irish saved civilization: the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of rome to the rise of medieval Europe T2 - National Bestseller SN - 0385418493 AV - DA 930.5 C34.1996.v.1 PY - 1996///, CY - Broadway, New York PB - Nan A. Talese Doubleday KW - Learning and scholarship KW - History KW - Medieval, 500-1500 KW - Aprendizaje y erudición KW - Historia KW - Historia medieval, 500-1500 KW - Civilization, Classical KW - Study and teaching KW - Ireland KW - Civilización clásica KW - Estudio y enseñanza KW - Irlanda KW - Books KW - 400-1450 KW - Libros - KW - Irlanda - KW - Historia - KW - 400-1400 KW - Manuscripts KW - Manuscritos KW - Monastic libraries KW - Bibliotecas monásticas - KW - Transmission of texts KW - Transmisión de textos KW - Scriptoria KW - Scriptoria - KW - Civilization KW - To 1172 KW - Civilización - KW - Hasta 1172 KW - Europe KW - Irish influences KW - Europa - KW - Influencias irlandesas N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice N2 - From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne - the "dark ages"--Learning, scholarship and culture disappeared from the European continent. The great heritage of Western civilization - from teh Greek and Roman classics to Jewish and Christian works - would have been utterly lost were it not for the holy men and women of the unconquered Ireland ER -