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Referenced as the most recent study of Patrick's life, described as 'really fantastic' and 'fizzing with all kinds of brilliant theses.' The book's thesis about Patrick possibly being a tax exile rather than a kidnap victim is discussed at length.

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Referenced when discussing the Irish church's missionary tradition and Patrick's role in inspiring Irish saints to go into exile and spread Christianity. The speaker notes 'That's how Thomas Carhill in his book frames it.'

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Referenced when discussing the medieval legend of St. Patrick's Purgatory in County Donegal. The speaker says 'there's a brilliant account of this' in Greenblatt's book, describing him as 'the great Shakespeare scholar.'

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Referenced as 'the great historian' whose early work was about the holy man in late antiquity. A quote from Brown about Patrick's originality is provided: 'was it no one within Western Christendom had thought such thoughts as these before.'