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The Crusades to 1291 in the annals of medieval Ireland

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Kathryn Hurlock
Kathryn Hurlock*
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Department of History, Politics & Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Since the late 1980s crusade historiography has shown increasing interest in the periphery of Europe and the less ‘traditional’ crusading areas of Scotland, Wales, Poland and Scandinavia. Consideration of Ireland has formed part of this spread of interest, but, like many other areas, it remains comparatively unstudied. In part, the paucity of Irish texts relating to all kinds of crusading discourages research, as does the comparatively low number of known Irish crucesignati.

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Irish Historical Studies , Volume 37 , Issue 148 , November 2011 , pp. 517 - 534
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