The symposium, which was held in Dublin on 29 May 2004, was the sixth annual symposium held under the auspices of the ‘Friends of medieval Dublin’.
Seán Duffy is senior lecturer in medieval history at TCD, and co-director of its Centre for Irish-Scottish Studies. He is the author and editor of numerous books on Irish history, and has written a substantial introduction to Four Court Press' edition of Orpen’s Ireland under the Normans.