A 1707 act of parliament established the library of Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713) as a public library, and a conference was held to commemorate the tricentennial of the event, at which scholars of the b
From the second of its introduction, the Parson's Tale is not only great literature but a great puzzle. How many clues can you find to Chaucer's assessment of Lollard discourse and ideas? McCormack (E
This 9th volume of proceedings of the annual Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium contains, as usual, reports on recent archaeological excavations: Claire Walsh found traces of an early pre-Viking roa
This book is a celebration of 100 years of Scholastic Philosophy at Queenâ??s University, Belfast. Contents: Foreword by Cardinal C.B. Daly; C. Kavanagh (UL) on John Scottus Eriugena and the uses of d
Historians have been slow to recognize photographs as important primary sources for research and it is only in recent years that photographs are being taken seriously as historical documents in their
This is the third collection of papers read at meetings of the Irish Legal History Society during 2000a??4, along with some other papers on Irish legal history. Contents: D.S. Greer (QUB), Truck in Do
'Cold iron' is a phrase that is used by fishermen as a euphemism to avoid misfortune at sea. This book provides a lively and compelling insight into the use of such euphemisms, which form a part of th
