Book
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Title
How the Irish saved civilization : the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe
Call No
DA930.5
Edition
1st Anchor Books Trade Paperback ed.
Authors
Subjects
Learning and scholarship--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
Civilization, Classical--Study and teaching--Ireland.
Books--Ireland--History--400-1450.
Manuscripts--Ireland--History.
Monastic libraries--Ireland.
Transmission of texts.
Scriptoria--Ireland.
Ireland--Civilization--To 1172.
Europe--Civilization--Irish influences.
Civilization, Classical--Study and teaching--Ireland.
Books--Ireland--History--400-1450.
Manuscripts--Ireland--History.
Monastic libraries--Ireland.
Transmission of texts.
Scriptoria--Ireland.
Ireland--Civilization--To 1172.
Europe--Civilization--Irish influences.
Language
English
Published
New York : Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1996, c1995.
Publication Desc
x, 246 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ;
ISBN
0385418493 (pbk.) :
Dimensions
21 cm.