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Medieval Dublin XIV: Proceedings of the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium 2012

Medieval Dublin XIV: Proceedings of the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium 2012

Medieval Dublin XIV: Proceedings of the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium 2012

Medieval Dublin XIV: Proceedings of the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium 2012

Overview

This volume contains reports on a number of important archaeological excavations in the Dublin area in recent years, including the discovery of a medieval property plot at Back Lane, which contained the remains of Hiberno-Norse and Anglo-Norman houses; an investigation of the medieval riverine environment in Temple Bar with vital insights into the depth and course of the Liffey in centuries gone by; and works on the grounds of St. Patrick's Cathedral, which uncovered parts of the medieval nave, including the south wall and original floor. Also of note: a reconsideration of the evidence for Dublin's situation vis-a-vis the road network of ancient Ireland; a discussion of the role of women in Viking-Age Dublin; a reassessment of the significance of a very early comb excavated in Temple Bar, examining its significance for the early settlement of Dublin; an exploration of a little-known literary source for the Battle of Clontarf; and an analysis of the role of Dublin's great Cistercian abbey, St. Mary's in Oxmantown, in the market economy of the Fingal area in particular. (Series: Medieval Dublin) [Subject: History, Medieval Studies, Irish Studies, Archaeology]

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781846824999
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Publication date: 01/01/2015
Series: Medieval Dublin , #14
Pages: 310
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations 7

List of Contributors 10

Editor's Preface 11

Dublin and the Late Roman comb Ian Riddler Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski 13

Life in the big city: being at home in Viking Dublin Rebecca Boyd 31

The conversion of the Vikings of Dublin Gwendolyn Sheldon 51

What the Vikings really thought about Clontarf: a speculation Lenore Fischer 98

A rising tide doesn't lift all boats: archaeological excavations at Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin A.R. Hayden 109

St Mary's Abbey, Dublin, and its medieval farm suppliers Geraldine Stout 146

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin: the recent discovery of the thirteenth-century south nave wall Linzi Simpson 163

Trouble with the archbishop in thirteenth-century Dublin Charles Smith 181

Janico Markys, Dublin, and the coronation of 'Edward VI' in 1487 Randolph Jones 185

The bailiffs, provosts and sheriffs of the city of Dublin Eoin C. Bairéad 210

Appendices to Eoin Bairéad's Essay

10.1 Mayors and bailiffs of Dublin, from Robert Ware, 'The history and antiquities of Dublin' (1650s) 215

10.2 Walter Harris' annotations to Robert Ware 225

10.3 James Ware's 'Full and perfect catalogue of the names of all such persons as have been mayors, bailiffs, sheriffs and lord mayors of the city of Dublin since the first year of the reign of King Edward the Second' (1705) 232

10.4 Walter Harris, 'A catalogue of the names of the chief magistrates of the city of Dublin, under their different appellations of provosts, bailiffs, mayors, lord mayors and sheriffs from the second year of King Edward II to this time. Taken from the table in the great room of the morsel' (1766) 242

10.5 List of lord mayors and sheriffs of the city of Dublin, from Thorn's Dublin directories (1869-1960) 253

10.6 Patrick Meehan's list of mayors and lord mayors, bailiffs and sheriffs, 1229 to 1931, from Dialann i gcóir na bliadhna 1931-32: Diary for the year ending 30th June 1932 (Dublin, 1931) 259

10.7 Composite list of the mayors, bailiffs/provosts/sheriffs of the city of Dublin, 1200-2014 277

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