Hospitality in medieval Ireland, 900–1500

Catherine Marie O'Sullivan

‘Here is a book that takes us beyond the angry world of the Celtic fringe, revealing a complex and intricate land. Instead of seeing Irish noblemen simply as glowering equestrian warlords, this book shows them within their own domestic political context. For this brave and pioneering quality Catherine O’Sullivan’s Hospitality in Medieval Ireland, 900–1500 must count as a truly impressive academic début’, Emmett O’Byrne, Irish Historical Studies.

‘A pioneering study … The welcome extended to this book by the present reviewer can be labelled appassionato, ma con sordino’, Michael Richter, Speculum.