Like his volume on earlier plots in the reign of Elizabeth I, Plots and plotters in the reign of Elizabeth I (2002), Edwards' new study draws heavily on archiva…
The passive and active of 'pawns or players' is in many ways the kernel of the ongoing debate within the analysis of the role of women in the past. The essays, …
Hospitality was, without question, one of the most important social institutions in medieval Ireland. It occupied a prominent place in the pantheon of virtues m…
The importance of parish records for the reconstruction of many aspects of past societies is becoming clear from research in other countries. Irish parochial re…
The monastic sites of early Christian Ireland have always been an attraction to visitors. Now issued in a new edition, this book is intended for use by those wh…
Published to critical acclaim in hardback in 2001, this book has become one of the definitive books on Gaelic Ireland in publication. Now made available in pape…
For over thirty-five years much of the most original and most exciting research into the history of medieval and early modern Ireland has been the world of one …
This book charts the extension of Tudor government into the independent Gaelic lordships of the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles (Wicklow, Kildare, Dublin) from the origin…
The book is a comparative study of Gaelic lordships on the margins of the emerging nation states of the later middle ages. Kingston examines the fluctuating for…
Hospitals in medieval England gave and received gifts as part of the spiritual economy, engaging in an ongoing process of gift-exchange and reciprocity with the…
The establishment of English rule in Ireland in the late 12th century involved the introduction not only of foreign settlers, but also of administrative practic…
Through detailed case studies this volume re-evaluates the notion that the Scottish kingdom experienced a rapid and revolutionary change in government and arist…
