by Thomas Cahill · Debate · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483061442
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«De cómo los irlandeses salvaron la civilización» is the historical essay by Thomas Cahill, published by Debate in hardcover (255 pages, in Spanish).
Thomas Cahill reconstructs how, after the fall of Rome, unconquered Ireland became a refuge for the written culture of the West. On the island of Saint Patrick and the Book of Kells, monks and copyists saved Greek, Roman, Jewish and Christian works; later, that knowledge returned to Europe and influenced medieval thought.
First volume of the series The Hinges of History. The book belongs to the collection Pequeña gran Historia.
A work of historical popularization for readers interested in the Middle Ages, Christianity and the preservation of the classical legacy.
