Modern historian and commentator Kenneth Clark said in his popular BBC show Civilization, “Western Christianity survived by clinging to places like Skellig Michael, a pinnacle of rock [seven] miles from the Irish coast, rising seven hundred feet out of the sea.” It’s an intriguing claim, crediting the solitary monastery on Skellig Michael with a role in the survival of Western Christianity.
Author Thomas Cahill broadens the connection to not only include Western Christianity, but “civilization” in his book “How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe.”
How is it possible that a small monastic community at the edge of the world could have such a large impact in world affairs?
We will take a look at that and discern as much as we can what role these warrior monks had in combating the “Dark Side” of the Dark Ages.
As a short teaser, here is a Star Wars-esque opening crawl that gives a little taste of what we will be examining in the coming weeks.
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Here you go –> http://lastmonks.philipkosloski.com/2017/12/08/barbarians-strike-back-europe-plunged-dark-ages/
It is an ongoing series and today is the next article.