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Contents
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(4) Columbanus and Gregory "Irish Ancients
Who Were Philosophers" 70
VII. TRANSMITTING THE TREASURES OF ANCIENT LEARN-
ING 73
(1) High Culture of Ireland a Living Reality . 73
(2) Destruction of Irish Libraries 76
(3) Irish Genealogy of Carolingian Schools . . 79
(4) Organizing the City and Christian Society . 82
VIII. WESTERN CIVILIZATION'S BASE OF SUPPLY ... 84
(1) Military Strength of Medieval Ireland . . 84
(2) Land of Enormous Wealth 87
(3) Celtic, Greek and Roman Europe .... 89
(4) Ireland's Abundance of Gold 91
(5) Exodus of Irish Scholars 94
(6) Parallel Promulgation of Civilization and
Christianity 99
IX. THE IRISH KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND 102-
(1) Two-fold Invasion and Conquest .... 102
(2) Ireland of the Sixth (3)
Century
Ancient Pagan and Medieval Christian Ireland
104
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(4) The Military Conquest of Scotland . . .113
X. COLUMCILLE, APOSTLE OF SCOTLAND 116
(1)
(2)
Archpresbyter of the Gael
A Christian Cuchulain
116
119
(3) The Facts of His Life 122
(4) His Career as Monastic Founder .... 126
XI. COLUMCILLE AND BRETHREN AT IONA 131
(1) The Moving World of Ireland and Britain . 131
(2) Ritual and Ceremonial 134
(3) Literary Work and Other Occupations . .136
(4) Columcille and His Friendships 140
XII. DEATH OF COLUMCILLE 145
(1) The Last Scene at lona 145
(2) Illuminated Manuscripts and Latin Poems . 148
(3) By the Time of Adamnan 149
(4) The Hibernicizing of North Britain . . .152