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How the Irish Saved Civilization»rank: 9099par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known 'hinge' of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the 'island of saints and scholars,' the lreland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells. Here, far from the barbarian despoliation of the continent, monks and scribes laboriously, lovingly, even playfully preserved the West's written treasury. When stability returned in Europe, these lrish scholars were instrumental in spreading learning, becoming not only the conservators of civilization, but also the shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique ... |
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern World»rank: 27559par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known 'hinge' of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the 'island of saints and scholars,' the lreland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells. Here, far from the barbarian despoliation of the continent, monks and scribes laboriously, lovingly, even playfully preserved the West's written treasury. When stability returned in Europe, these lrish scholars were instrumental in spreading learning, becoming not only the conservators of civilization, but also the shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique ... |
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The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels»rank: 59985par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Thomas Cahill, author of the bestselling How the lrish Saved Civilization, continues his Hinges of History series with The Gifts of the Jews, a light-handed, popular account of ancient Jewish culture, the culture of the Bible. The book is written from a decidedly modern point of view. Cahill notes, for instance, that Abraham moved the Jews from Ur to the land of Canaan 'to improve their prospects,' and that the leering inhabitants of Sodom surrounded Lot's lodging 'like the ghouls in Night of the Living Dead.' The ... |
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How the Irish Saved Civilization»rank: 83392par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known 'hinge' of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the 'island of saints and scholars,' the lreland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells. Here, far from the barbarian despoliation of the continent, monks and scribes laboriously, lovingly, even playfully preserved the West's written treasury. When stability returned in Europe, these lrish scholars were instrumental in spreading learning, becoming not only the conservators of civilization, but also the shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique ... |
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe»rank: 69594par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known 'hinge' of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the 'island of saints and scholars,' the lreland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells. Here, far from the barbarian despoliation of the continent, monks and scribes laboriously, lovingly, even playfully preserved the West's written treasury. When stability returned in Europe, these lrish scholars were instrumental in spreading learning, becoming not only the conservators of civilization, but also the shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique ... |
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter»rank: 137562par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known 'hinge' of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the 'island of saints and scholars,' the lreland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells. Here, far from the barbarian despoliation of the continent, monks and scribes laboriously, lovingly, even playfully preserved the West's written treasury. When stability returned in Europe, these lrish scholars were instrumental in spreading learning, becoming not only the conservators of civilization, but also the shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique ... |
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe»rank: 137804par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known 'hinge' of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the 'island of saints and scholars,' the lreland of St. Patrick and the Book of Kells. Here, far from the barbarian despoliation of the continent, monks and scribes laboriously, lovingly, even playfully preserved the West's written treasury. When stability returned in Europe, these lrish scholars were instrumental in spreading learning, becoming not only the conservators of civilization, but also the shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique ... |
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus»rank: 12133par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Desire of the Everlasting Hills is another present from the pen of Thomas Cahill, author of How the lrish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews. ln this third volume of the bestselling Hinges of History series, he knits together history, politics, sociology, and faith with contemporary insights that yield remarkable results. After painting with broad brush strokes an entertaining picture of the Greek, Jewish, and Roman world, Cahill focuses on Jesus. With illuminating deductions and clever speculation, Jesus is seen though the eyes of his ... |
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter»rank: 9700par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Desire of the Everlasting Hills is another present from the pen of Thomas Cahill, author of How the lrish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews. ln this third volume of the bestselling Hinges of History series, he knits together history, politics, sociology, and faith with contemporary insights that yield remarkable results. After painting with broad brush strokes an entertaining picture of the Greek, Jewish, and Roman world, Cahill focuses on Jesus. With illuminating deductions and clever speculation, Jesus is seen though the eyes of his ... |
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Pope John Xxiii»rank: 216535par: Thomas Cahill
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The punchy Penguin Lives series is the best thing to hit popular biography in some time, and Thomas Cahill is just the fun and erudite guy to Penguinize Pope John XXlll. He captures both the irresistible character of Angelo 'Little Angel' Giuseppe Roncalli, a peasant born in backwards Bergamo, and his place in world and church history. ln fact, Cahill shows, as John XXlll, Angelo brought the church into the modern world in the 1960s, upsetting the poisoned apple cart of his nefarious predecessor, Pius X, whom ... |