Author: Republic of Ireland, 1949-. - Cultural Relations CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Irish Cultural Influence in Europe. VIth to XII Century. Key to Map
Author: Republic of Ireland, 1949-. - Cultural Relations CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Irish Cultural Influence in Europe
Author: Tomás O'FiaichIrish Cultural Influence in Europe
Author: The Irish in Early Medieval Europe
Author: Roy FlechnerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137430613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Irish scholars who arrived in Continental Europe in the early Middle Ages are often credited with making some of the most important contributions to European culture and learning of the time, from the introduction of a new calendar to monastic reform. Among them were celebrated personalities such as St Columbanus, John Scottus Eriugena, and Sedulius Scottus who were in the vanguard of a constant stream of arrivals from Ireland to continental Europe, collectively known as 'peregrini'. The continental response to this Irish 'diaspora' ranged from admiration to open hostility, especially when peregrini were deemed to challenge prevalent cultural or spiritual conventions. This volume brings together leading historians, archaeologists, and palaeographers who provide-for the first time-a comprehensive assessment of the phenomenon of Irish peregrini in their continental context and the manner in which it is framed by modern scholarship as well as the popular imagination.
Irish Cultural Influence in Europe, 6. to 12. Century
Author: Irish Cultural Influence in Europe
Author: Tomás Ó FiaichPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Irish Cultural Influence in Europe
Author: Tomás ÓFiaichHow the Irish Saved Civilization
Author: Thomas CahillPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307755134
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! 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.
The Wandering Irish in Europe
Author: Matthew J. CulliganPublisher:
ISBN: 9780760719138
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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Author: Tomás O'FIAICH