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The Geraldines and medieval Ireland

The Geraldines and medieval Ireland

The making of a myth

Peter Crooks & Seán Duffy, editors

Geraldines (or FitzGeralds) are the most celebrated of the dynasties established in Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion; and the dynasty’s most cel…
Medieval Fore, County Westmeath

Medieval Fore, County Westmeath

Rory Masterson

In the history of Norman monasteries founded in Ireland, the Benedictine priory of Fore stands apart. While many foundations were independent entities and other…
Princes, prelates and poets in medieval Ireland

Princes, prelates and poets in medieval Ireland

Essays in honour of Katharine Simms

Seán Duffy editor

This volume presents one of the largest and most authoritative collections of essays on the theme of medieval Ireland to appear in many years. Published to mark…
Christ Church Cathedral Dublin

Christ Church Cathedral Dublin

A history

Kenneth Milne

The cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, commonly called Christ Church, is by Irish standards rich in archival and architectural remains, and so it comes as s…
Lawyers, the law and history

Lawyers, the law and history

Felix M. Larkin & N.M. Dawson, editors

The fourteen essays in this book cover a wide range of topics within the field of legal history. Most are adaptations of discourses given at meetings of the Iri…
Hospitality in medieval Ireland, 900–1500

Hospitality in medieval Ireland, 900–1500

Catherine Marie O'Sullivan

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…
Medieval Dublin XVI

Medieval Dublin XVI

Proceedings of Clontarf 1014–2014: national conference marking the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf

Seán Duffy, editor

This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in Trinity College Dublin in April 2014 marking the millennium of the battle of Clontarf, one of the l…
Social memory, reputation and the politics of death in the medieval Irish lordship

Social memory, reputation and the politics of death in the medieval Irish lordship

Joanna MacGugan

Stories of murderous monks, tavern brawls, robberies gone wrong, tragic accidents and criminal gangs from court records reveal how the English of medieval Irela…
The Dublin region in the middle ages
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The Dublin region in the middle ages

Settlement, land-use and economy

Margaret Murphy & Michael Potterton

This is the first major publication of the Discovery Programme’s Medieval Rural Settlement Project. The book is a study of the medieval region that contained an…
Transmission and transformation in the Middle Ages

Transmission and transformation in the Middle Ages

Texts and contexts

Jason Harris & Kathleen Cawsey, editors

Nine case studies of cultural or textual transformation in the medieval period are presented here. Written by some of Ireland's leading young medievalists, thes…