The medieval Irish not only saved civilization, they were the first to introduce STEM education into a local school system. This essay examines the manuscript evidence of Old-Irish and Hiberno-Latin glosses on the Venerable's Bede's scientific texts to show how medieval Irish scholars brought their vernacular science to Carolingian education in the Ninth Century. This process made highly specialized scientific knowledge more widely available to a science-starved Europe. If you pay close attention, you'll learn why we think this is the Twenty-First Century! Click here to learn more.
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