How the Celts Saved Britain

Dan Snow unravels the mystery of the lost years of 400-800AD, looking at how Germanic barbarism replaced Roman civilisation in Britain, while Christianity transformed primitive Ireland into the cultural powerhouse of medieval Europe. He follows in the footsteps of some of Ireland's earliest missionaries to find out how literacy and technological progress was spread to the future nations of Scotland and England.

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  • Season 1 Episode 2: Salvation

    Conclusion. Dan Snow examines the ways in which the Celts saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages. He follows in the footsteps of Ireland's earliest missionaries as they ventured through treacherous barbarian territory, bringing literacy and technology to the future nations of Scotland and England

  • Season 1 Episode 1: A New Civilisation

    Part one of two. Dan Snow unravels the mystery of the lost years of 400-800AD, looking at how Germanic barbarism replaced Roman civilisation in Britain, while Christianity transformed primitive Ireland into the cultural powerhouse of medieval Europe. He follows in the footsteps of some of Ireland's earliest missionaries to find out how literacy and technological progress was spread to the future nations of Scotland and England

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