ireland in schools making learning fun & challenging
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Irish sports, dress & a scribe making an Irish illuminated manuscript,TRANSCRIPT
Ireland in Schools
Norman images of IrelandGerald of Wales, c. 1200
Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis) wrote The History and Topography of Ireland around 1200. In it he contrasts the beauty of the island and the richness of its faunawith the barbarity of its inhabitants.The result of his visit in 1185, it is the source for virtually all we know about Ireland in the Middle Ages except for a few sparse chronicle accounts.Gerald clearly wished to please his master, Henry II, by justifying the invasion as a civilising mission.Nevertheless, there is no reason to suppose that he was not genuinely shocked by thedeviant aspects and apparent laxness of the Irish Church or by the barbarity of the Irish in general.
Irish sports, dress & a scribe making an Irish illuminated manuscript, 1183-1185
Irish woman playing the harp
The axe, the favourite Irish weapon, about which Gerald was extremely wary
Choosing and crowning an Irish king
An Irish view of the Norman interventionThe Marriage of Strongbow & Aoife by Daniel MacLise, 1854