'Modest and civil people' : religion and society in medieval Galway /

Moss, Rachel

'Modest and civil people' : religion and society in medieval Galway / Rachel Moss, Colmán Ó Clabaigh - 72 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm - Maynooth studies in local history number 158 . - Maynooth studies in local history number 158 .

Includes bibliographic references

The town of Galway occupied a unique situation in medieval Ireland. Conspicuously English in its religious and political allegiances, it existed in an overwhelmingly Gaelic hinterland, far from the institutions of the colonial administration

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Religion and sociology--Medieval period
Religion--History--Galway