Social memory, reputation and the politics of death in the medieval Irish lordship

Joanna MacGugan

“Stories of murderous monks, tavern brawls, robberies gone wrong, tragic accidents and criminal gangs from court records reveal how the English of medieval Ireland governed and politicized death and collectively decided what passed for ‘truth’ in legal proceedings ... The study also examines ‘Ireland’s place in the history of medieval literacy’”. History Ireland, September/October 2023