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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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How the Irish Saved Civilization

Auteur(s): Thomas Cahill
Narrateur(s): Donal Donnelly
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 The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars" -- and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost -- they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.©1995 Thomas Cahill; (P)1999 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, a Division of Random House, Inc. Christianisme Europe Histoire Irlande Monde Moyen Âge Histoire ancienne Rome Tradition Ancient Ireland

Ce que les critiques en disent

Mr. Cahill's book will remain an entirely engaging, delectable voyage into th edistant past, a small treasure."
--N.Y. Times

"Lovely and engrossing."
--L.A. Times


"Cahill's lively prose breathes life into a 1,600-year-old history."
--The Boston Globe
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Disclaimer: I gave up about 40 minutes into the audiobook.

Celtic history is of particular fascination for me. I took some electives on it in university and it has remained a hobby interest of mine ever since. This book, despite the appealing nature of it, was not well executed in my opinion. The audio recording quality would make you believe it predates The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, while the actual content is inane dribble. The author leads us off on how historians are wrapped up in a conspiracy meant to discredit the Irish and offers loose ties to possible hidden motives. By the time I'd given up, approximately 1/8th of the way in, the only thing the book had said related to the subject was that Irish monks copied a lot of books. 40 minutes...they copied a lot of books. That's about the pace that you're going to get when you listen to this audio book. The ramblings of the author with some supporting arguments peppered in.

Poorly executed concept

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An alternative title might be, how a planet destroying world view almost consumed itself, and would have, if it hadn't been for cloisters of obsessive collectors who didn't discriminate anything.

As so many scholars do, this book sets up the dichotomy of Greco-Roman based "civilization" vs. everything else. The so-called "Irish" that saved "Civilization" were essentially priests of Roman-based Christianity, so it's more "how imperial culture saved itself".

I expected to read about how some aspect of pre-christian quintessentially Irish culture was instrumental in shaping our world in a positive and sustainable way, but no. That is not this book.

If you are looking for something that glorifies the on going damage we call "civilization", you'll love this.

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