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CONTENTS
IPTER ?AGE
PREFACE ix
I. THE STREAM OF CIVILIZATION i
(1) Home of Western Learning i
(2) Missionary Instinct of Irish Culture ... 4
(3) Restoration of Civilization 6
(4) Variety
and Extent of Irish Medieval Work . 8
II. LINEAMENTS IN THE CONSPECTUS 13
(1) Founders of Churches and Cities . . . . 13
(2) From Iceland to the Pyramids 17
(3) "Incomparably Skilled in Human Learning" . 20
(4) The Carolingian Renaissance 24
III. BRIDGING THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW ... 27
(1) Ark of Safety for the Old Wisdom ... 27
(2) Ireland's Educational Proficiency . . . .31
(3) Centers of Intellectual Activity 36
(4) Textbooks and Learned Degrees .... 38
IV. "HIGH SCHOLARS OF THE WESTERN WORLD" ... 42
(1) Learned Classes of Laymen 42
(2) Great Colleges Simultaneously Active from
Sixth Century Onwards 44
(3) "Philosophy" and "Wisdom" 46
(4) Numbers of Students 49
V. INSULA SANCTORUM ET DOCTORUM 52
1 i ) Intellectual Leader of Christendom .... 52
(2) Anglo-Saxon Students in Ireland .... 55
(3) Special Colleges for Princes 57
(4) Going to Ireland for Education Long Continued 59
VI. LAY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY ... 62
Education in Ireland . 62
(1) Professional and Lay
(2) Synod of Drumceat, 575 A. D 66
(3) Original and Independent Culture .... 67