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| Introduction: How Real Is History? | 1 | |
| I | The End of the World: How Rome Fell - And Why | 9 |
| II | What Was Lost: The Complexities of the Classical Tradition | 33 |
| III | A Shifting World of Darkness: Unholy Ireland | 69 |
| IV | Good News from Far Off: The First Missionary | 99 |
| V | A Solid World of Light: Holy Ireland | 121 |
| VI | What Was Found: How the Irish Saved Civilization | 145 |
| VII | The End of the World: Is There Any Hope? | 197 |
| Pronunciation Guide to Key Irish Words | 219 | |
| Bibliographical Sources | 221 | |
| Chronology | 231 | |
| Acknowledgments | 235 | |
| Index | 239 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Stephen Kobak
reviewed How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe on January 09, 2008
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
This was awful. Many reviews say things like "charming" and "pleasant," but I thought it was tedious and meandering. Not all history has to be chronological; there's interesting stuff in here but it's too long with details of Roman society. Also, the author writes like a blow-hard, and interjects things like "Alas!" and "Dear Reader" and "It is up to the reader to decide." That kind of stuff irritates me to no end.
Searching for info online, I found references that refute much of what the author posits, including info about St. Patrick. Granted, the author (in tedious and blow-harded notes) acknowledges that no one can say exactly what happened, but he's disguising mythology and folklore as truth.
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