Today, the castle is in state ownership and is one of Ireland’s most visited attractions. It’s open daily (excluding Dec. 25 ...

The Modern Language Review, Vol. 95, No. 2 (Apr., 2000), pp. 305-310 (6 pages) Though edited in 1899 from two manuscripts, the late twelfth-century Anglo-Norman romance of "Boeve de Haumtone" now ...

The question of national identity in Ireland is one which has a long and complicated history. Beginning in the 12th century, with the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, the English colonial ...

Understanding why ancestral romances such as Gui de Warewic were written reveals a great deal about Anglo-Normans in the 14th Century. One of the essential functions of ancestral romance is to award ...

A pair of metal detectorists made the discovery of a lifetime when they unearthed a hoard of ancient coins worth around $6 million in a field in Somerset, in the West of England. The historic find, ...

Medieval England was in thrall to the powerful, French-speaking elite installed by William the Conqueror from 1066. As land-owning lords, the Normans dominated politically and economically, building ...