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How the Celts Saved Britain: Salvation

How the Celts Saved Britain - 2. Salvation

How Irish missionaries brought literacy and technology to Scotland and England.

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Synopsis

Dan Snow reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion in the Dark Ages, as missionaries brought literacy and technology to the future Scotland and England.

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