The story of St. Patrick and the transformation of pagan Irish culture into “the Island of Saints and Scholars.” The Irish became the best scholars in western and central Europe and had an out-sized impact on education, culture, and the church in the medieval Latin world.
Magic and the Rise of Science
I think it’s fair to say that most people think that science banished magic as an explanation for how the world works. But what if they aren’t so very different from each other? It turns out that there's a category in medieval and Renaissance magic that is remarkably...
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