tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post7275045868327826174..comments2023-09-19T10:39:34.356-04:00Comments on ladydusk: Book Review: How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahilldawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987916970944867015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-56316353105966150002018-07-03T11:38:27.047-04:002018-07-03T11:38:27.047-04:00I think that's what he posited, I just don'...I think that's what he posited, I just don't think he proved it very well.dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987916970944867015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-43259412523656651932018-06-22T16:19:10.422-04:002018-06-22T16:19:10.422-04:00Interesting! I found the “saving” of civilization ...Interesting! I found the “saving” of civilization to be more about the preserving of manuscripts that were being fairly overlooked or even discouraged/destroyed in the rest of Europe (where people weren’t just trying to survive and scholarship completely abandoned anyway), that we now look to that illustrate Ancient Greece, etc. The Celtic church, after all, did lose to/give way before the power of centralized Rome, so their influence after a while was scant. EllaJachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937838823211562533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-36332305942499834552018-06-17T08:28:58.185-04:002018-06-17T08:28:58.185-04:00Thanks, Kelly. I'd love to hear your thoughts ...Thanks, Kelly. I'd love to hear your thoughts when you finish it! dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17987916970944867015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3009930.post-11506144663513820822018-06-16T19:36:31.929-04:002018-06-16T19:36:31.929-04:00This is a really good review. I'm kind of beso...This is a really good review. I'm kind of besotted with this book, but I haven't read it in about a decade. I'll be sure to keep your thought in mind when I read it again -- I'm hoping to do so in the next school year while I'm reading Medieval literature with my kids.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618197716777772631noreply@blogger.com