Grisly tales from the Anglo-Norman advance: horrors of the twelfth century
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland
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Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland
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Their conquests and institutions reshaped the island’s political and cultural landscape, creating an Ireland of ‘two nations’. This talk explores the violent reality of their impact and how Irish kings sought to respond. It also considers the limits of conquest and the ethnic tensions that emerged as expansion stalled. Political and military deadlock left both communities in limbo, with each increasingly viewing the other as an existential threat.
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