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Battle at long range : correspondence chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1914, a social and cultural history
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2009) -
Before Humpty Dumpty: the first English empire and the brittleness of bureaucracy, 1259?1453
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Best of times, worst of time
(Martello Publishing, 2021)James Malton’s twenty-five engravings of Dublin were first published in London between 1792 and 1797, appearing at intervals in batches. The young Malton had been trained as an architectural draughtsman, coming to Dublin ... -
Between Apathy and Antipathy: The Vikings in Irish and Scandinavian History
(1995)"Neither apathy nor antipathy can ever bring out the truth of history" (Eoin MacNeill, Phases of Irish History, Dublin, 1919, vi). Around 1970 the subject of "the Vikings in Ireland" was seen, historiographically, as a ... -
Beyond Mission: Willibrord as a Political Actor between Early Medieval Ireland, Britain and Merovingian Francia (690-739)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2022)The thesis reassesses the activity of the Northumbrian cleric Willibrord (658 739) on the continent between 690 and 739. Traditionally, Willibrord has been perceived as the first representative of a new wave of Anglo-Saxon ... -
Beyond the Cartesian Imagination: Placing Beckett
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Bias-cut justice: the legal pursuits of Isolde Pantulf, Hawise, Countess of Aumale, and Nicholaa de la Haye c. 1180-1216
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2023)Isolde Pantulf, Hawise, countess of Aumale, and Nicholaa de la Haye were contemporaries navigating the justice system in thirteenth-century England primarily under the reign of King John. The following study traces key ... -
Biography, romance and chivalry : Barbour's The Bruce and Chandos Herald's La vie du Prince Noir
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2007)The aim of this thesis is to establish the form and function of two late fourteenth- century biographies of royal subjects in Britain: John Barbour’s The Bruce, which was written circa 1375, and Chandos Herald’s La vie du ... -
The British popular press and Ireland, 1922-32
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2019)Concentrating on the Daily Express, Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, this thesis examines the relationship between the British popular press and Ireland across the first decade of Irish independence. Undertaking cover-to-cover ... -
'The cage of my moment': a conversation with Emma Donoghue about history and fiction
(2019)This conversation with the Irish author Emma Donoghue is focused on her relationship with history and fiction. Topics discussed include the relationship between scholarly research and the writing of historical fiction, ... -
'The "Calculus of Faction" and Richard II's Duchy of Ireland'
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Calvin and humanism
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2003)Calvin and humanism is an extensive and controversial topic the treatment of which depends to a considerable extent on the type of approach and method adopted. The introduction provides an overview of the special difficulties ... -
Captain Barnaby Rich (1542-1617) : Protestant witness in Reformation Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 1996) -
Categorizing Dicuil's 'De cursu solis lunaeque'
(Brepols, 2022)Dicuil’s so-called Liber de astronomia has confused many modern scholars. Based on an analysis of its structure, this paper argues that the very nature of the work has often been misunderstood. It was never meant to be a ... -
Catholicism in the province of Armagh, 1603-1641
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2004)The thesis explores the evolution of Roman Catholicism in the province of Armagh from 1603 to 1641. The ecclesiastical province of Armagh embraces Ulster together with north Leinster, which in the catholic community of the ... -
Catholics and the Law in Restoration Ireland 1660 -1691
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2019)By 1660, the Common Law was widely, if not universally, applied in Ireland. For the English and Protestant interest, the law was the principal means of enforcing the mandate of the administration, short of military ...