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Cahill (How the Irish Saved Civilization ) continues his history of Western civilization with this volume, in which he attempts to show how the Catholic Middle Ages laid the groundwork for many of the attractive features of today's world, such as the elevation of women's status and our reorientation toward the natural world. He focuses on a few great figures but even so has little insightful to add. Though an engaging writer, Cahill is an appallingly bad historian. He compares the medieval nun H...Log In or Sign Up to Read More