St Patrick & Slavery

[M. Demetrius]

One fair book on the general topic is How the Irish Saved Civilization. There are a number of comments on the cultural habits of the Irish of that day. If you don't already know, it's more or less a story of Patricius, and how his scribes and monks copied many of the ancient manuscripts that existed on the Continent in his day, and preserved them through the turmoil of the sacking and burning of many European cities by "barbarian" invaders. Many of the written copies of ancient works exist because of his efforts.