In 1886 the earl of Clanricarde evicted the tenants of Woodford on his east Galway estate. The ramifications of his actions echoed through Ireland in the late n…
After decades of speculation and confusion about the nature of Celtic art, current studies reveal hidden meanings, symbols and codes that early medieval artists…
An absorbing evaluation of independent Ireland’s response to the rise and consolidation of Nazism in Germany, this book places Irish-German relations in the con…
Essays collected, edited and introduced by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. Described as 'the prince of Irish historians' by the great Belgian medievalist Paul Grosjean, SJ,…
This book brings together the insights of historians and critics to examine the account given in a range of novels of the effect on peasant society of Fascist r…
This book examines the roles of magic in medieval romance. Magic’s crucial function in the romances may be established by studying the diverse works of Chrétien…
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 volume arises from a conference held in November 2008 at the Royal Society in London to mark the 275th anniversary of the establishment of the Edward Worth…
Biblical apocalyptic texts that make imminent predictions of the end of the world as we know it, have fascinated Christians from the earliest times. Understanda…
