Anglo-Norman Parks in Medieval Ireland. Fiona Beglane. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015. xii + 228 pp. $70. - Irish Demesne Landscapes, 1660–1740. Vandra Costello. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015. 256 pp. $74.50.

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 1101-1103
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Anglo Norman ◽  
Medieval Ireland

The Cult of St Edmund, King and Martyr in Medieval Ireland

2018 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Young
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Norman Conquest ◽  
14Th Century ◽  
Patron Saint ◽  
12Th Century ◽  
Anglo Norman ◽  
Christ Church ◽  
Medieval Ireland ◽  
The Middle Ages

St Edmund, king and martyr (an Anglo-Saxon king martyred by the Vikings in 869) was one of the most venerated English saints in Ireland from the 12th century. In Dublin, St Edmund had his own chapel in Christ Church Cathedral and a guild, while Athassel Priory in County Tipperary claimed to possess a miraculous image of the saint. In the late 14th century the coat of arms ascribed to St Edmund became the emblem of the king of England’s lordship of Ireland, and the name Edmund (or its Irish equivalent Éamon) was widespread in the country by the end of the Middle Ages. This article argues that the cult of St Edmund, the traditional patron saint of the English people, served to reassure the English of Ireland of their Englishness, and challenges the idea that St Edmund was introduced to Ireland as a heavenly patron of the Anglo-Norman conquest.

Anglo-Norman parks in Medieval Ireland

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-242
Author(s):  
Ian Rotherham
Keyword(s):  
Anglo Norman ◽  
Medieval Ireland

Anglo-Norman verse on New Ross and its founders

1992 ◽  
Vol 28 (110) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Sayers
Keyword(s):  
Middle English ◽  
Irish Population ◽  
Historical Evidence ◽  
Witness Testimony ◽  
Arthurian Romance ◽  
Anglo Norman ◽  
Early Production ◽  
European Standards ◽  
Norman French ◽  
Medieval Ireland

Literary evidence for political and social developments in medieval Ireland comes down to us in a variety of languages: Latin; a rich and — by European standards — early production in the Irish vernacular; Old Norse; Middle English; with sparser reference in Old English, Welsh and other nearby linguistic communities. Some of this evidence, tightly circumscribed in time, is also in Anglo-Norman French, and reflects a very different Ireland from that of Arthurian romance. These Anglo-Norman works, composed in Ireland or in Britain on the basis of eye-witness testimony, constitute a unique body of material, though their value as historical evidence is constricted in two ways: firstly, they are limited to three preserved texts; secondly, they are rigorously selective in their criteria of historiographical relevancy and in their treatment of the native Irish population, culture and political presence.

The writing of Irish medieval history

1990 ◽  
Vol 27 (106) ◽  
pp. 97-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Art Cosgrove
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Irish History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Anglo Norman ◽  
University College ◽  
History Of ◽  
Norman Invasion ◽  
Medieval Ireland ◽  
Close Parallel

This paper has been prompted by two recent articles in Irish Historical Studies. Both are by distinguished historians from outside Ireland — Professor Michael Richter from Germany (to which he has recently returned) and Dr Steven G. Ellis from England — who have spent many years teaching in the history departments of University College, Dublin, and University College, Galway, respectively. Their different backgrounds and experiences enable them to bring fresh perspectives to bear upon the history of medieval Ireland and have led them to question some traditional assumptions about the Irish past. Here I should confess that coming as I do from Northern Ireland I am something of an outsider myself, and my own origin and background must inevitably influence my interpretation of the past.Professor Richter took the opportunity granted by a review of an important collection of essays to challenge ‘the unquestioned assumption that the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland marked a turning point in Irish history’. Arguing that the event should be seen in a wider context, both geographical and chronological, he suggested that a close parallel to the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland is provided by the German expansion into western Slav territories and that a comparison with the Scandinavian impact in the three centuries prior to 1169 would help to get the importance of the English in medieval Ireland into perspective.

The zooarchaeology of Medieval Ireland

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Finbar McCormick ◽  
Emily Murray
Keyword(s):  
Wild Animals ◽  
Medieval Period ◽  
Norman Conquest ◽  
Principal Role ◽  
Strong Trend ◽  
Domestic Poultry ◽  
Anglo Norman ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Medieval Ireland

This paper presents an overview of the main trends in animal exploitation in the Medieval period in Ireland as revealed by the zooarchaeological data. Cattle dominated the farming economy and diet throughout the period with dairying being their principal role. Sheep are consistently present. The growth of the wool trade after the Anglo-Norman conquest is evident in assemblages from the east and southeast, though it is not a strong trend with their use as a source of meat persisting throughout the Medieval period. An urban–rural dichotomy is also evident in the exploitation of pigs, goats, cats, dogs, and domestic poultry. The native Irish clearly took little interest in the exploitation of wild animals, unlike the Anglo-Normans for whom the consumption and hunting of game played an important role.

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