‘The collection is part of a growing trend to look beyond the traditional historiographical boundaries between England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and this approach seems timely … this volume moves the subject forward in stimulating and insightful ways’, Fiona Edmonds, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies (Winter 2014).
‘A fascinating exploration of the impact of the English cultural and military imperialism which shaped the destiny of the islands of Britain and Ireland', Michael Merrigan, Ireland's Genealogical Gazette (January 2014).
‘All of the essays are reassuringly grounded in the discipline of history … The editors are to be congratulated’, Brendan Smith, Irish Historical Studies (November 2014).