How the Irish saved civilization : the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe /
Thomas Cahill.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, 1995.
- x, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne the dark ages learning, scholarship, and culture disappeared from the European continent.