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Italian novels of peasant crisis, 1930–1950

Italian novels of peasant crisis, 1930–1950

Bonfires in the night

Brian Moloney

This book brings together the insights of historians and critics to examine the account given in a range of novels of the effect on peasant society of Fascist r…
Magic in medieval romance

Magic in medieval romance

A study of selected romances from Chrétien de Troyes to Geoffrey Chaucer

Michelle Sweeney

This book examines the roles of magic in medieval romance. Magic’s crucial function in the romances may be established by studying the diverse works of Chrétien…
Regions and rulers in Ireland, 1100–1650

Regions and rulers in Ireland, 1100–1650

David Edwards

For over thirty-five years much of the most original and most exciting research into the history of medieval and early modern Ireland has been the world of one …
The alchemy of medicine and print

The alchemy of medicine and print

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin

Danielle Westerhof, editor

This volume arises from a conference held in November 2008 at the Royal Society in London to mark the 275th anniversary of the establishment of the Edward Worth…
The Christological assimilation of the apocalypse

The Christological assimilation of the apocalypse

An essay on fundamental eschatology

Paul O'Callaghan

Biblical apocalyptic texts that make imminent predictions of the end of the world as we know it, have fascinated Christians from the earliest times. Understanda…
The diary of Nicholas Peacock, 1740–51

The diary of Nicholas Peacock, 1740–51

The worlds of a County Limerick farmer and agent

Marie-Louise Legg

Nicholas Peacock of Kilmoreen, near Adare, Co. Limerick, from 1740 to 1751 kept a detailed account book and diary of his life and work as a small farmer and the…
The succession, bye and main plots of 1601–1603

The succession, bye and main plots of 1601–1603

Francis Edwards

Like his volume on earlier plots in the reign of Elizabeth I, Plots and plotters in the reign of Elizabeth I (2002), Edwards' new study draws heavily on archiva…
The history of Wexford Festival Opera, 1951–2021

The history of Wexford Festival Opera, 1951–2021

In a place like no other

Karina Daly

In 1951, the first ever Wexford Opera Festival (now known as ‘Wexford Festival Opera’) took place in a small town in the southeast corner of Ireland. What start…
Who killed the Franks family?

Who killed the Franks family?

Agrarian violence in pre-Famine Cork

Denis A. Cronin

This study examines the violent world of north Cork during the Rockite disturbances of the early 1820s. Agrarian gangs attempted to regulate rural society, thre…