England's First Colony: Medieval Anglo-Ireland

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Theresa O'Byrne

Organizer Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Presider Name

Theresa O'Byrne

Paper Title 1

The Cathedrals of Medieval Ireland: Formation and Function

Presenter 1 Name

Rhiannon Carey Bates

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Trinity College, Univ. of Dublin

Paper Title 2

Pragmatic Giving: Endowments of Land to the Military Orders in Ireland and Their Role in the Process of Colonization

Presenter 2 Name

Christie Majoros-Dunnahoe

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Cardiff Univ.

Paper Title 3

To Touch and Be Touched: Irish National Identity and the Language of Contact in the Late Medieval Dánta Grádha

Presenter 3 Name

Lauren Bevins

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Paper Title 4

An Overlooked Petition: Re-examining the Geraldine-de Burgh Private War of 1264-65

Presenter 4 Name

Stephen Hewer

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Trinity College, Univ. of Dublin

Start Date

8-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1220

Description

This session explores how English institutions and notions of identity were applied, reinterpreted, and re-imagined in English-controlled Ireland. Session papers will address these issues within the Church, within the military orders, and in literary expression.

Theresa O'Byrne