Medieval Dublin XIII: Proceedings of the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium 2011

Marc Notes: Conference proceedings.; 8; This 13th volume of proceedings of the annual Friends of Medieval Dublin symposium contains reports on recent archaeological excavations.. Publisher Marketing: This volume contains important studies on the political, social and literary history of Dublin from the Viking Age to the dawn of the modern era. Eoin O'Flynn reconstructs the relationship between the Vikings of Dublin and the kings of Clann Cholmain; Denis Casey looks inside Viking Dublin at the ruling eite that included an officer called the airlabraid; Claire Walsh reports on her excavation of Anglo-Norman houses at Back Lane; Declan Johnston examines the 'Black Monday' massacre said to have occurred in 1209; Niall O Suilleabhain describes the system of municipal government in Anglo-Norman Dublin; Linzi Simpson reports on excavations at TCD that unearthed the earliest college buildings and the priory of All Hallows; Grace O'Keeffe discusses the connections between medieval Dublin and Bristol; Bernadette Williams reassesses the evidence for the arrival of the Dominicans into the city in the thirteenth century; Caoimhe Whelan charts the career of the Dubliner James Yonge, an important figure in medieval literary circles; John Montague shows how the 1756 Rocque map of Dublin can be used to shed light on the medieval city; and Stuart Kinsella rediscovers the contribution to our knowledge of medieval Dublin by the Victorian antiquarian John Sloane. Contributor Bio:  Duffy, Sean Editors Sean Duffy and Brent Carney collaborated with numerous community members to pay homage to some of Wheeling's local legends.