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How Columbanus United A Bitterly Divided Europe | The Monk Who United Europe (2018x82)

Air date: Jul 21, 2018

Columbanus, a monk and an outsider from Ireland, built the monasteries which became Europe's first universities, established a writing system to encourage the spread of liberal values, and risked his life when he demanded high standards of leadership from powerful leaders - bishops, kings and even popes. These foundations are said to have preserved Western civilisation through the Dark Ages.