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McCafferty, John, The act book of the diocese of Armagh 1518–1522, Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2020.

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The act book of the diocese of Armagh 1518–1522
Place
Dublin
Publisher
Irish Manuscripts Commission
Year
2020
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The ecclesiastical Act Book for the southern part of the diocese of Armagh covering the years 1518–1522 is a unique survival for Ireland. Covering the marital, sexual, testamentary, reputational and other squabbles of men and women living in modern Co. Louth and adjoining counties it offers a rare and vivid glimpse into the lives of ordinary individuals in early sixteenth-century Ireland. The huge wealth of place and personal names preserved in just over 140 entries give important clues as to the ethnic composition of the Pale through the proceedings of a busy and popular court which sat in Drogheda, Termonfeckin and Dundalk. This volume provides an edited text of the original Latin manuscript along with an English summary of each case. Compiled just under twenty years before Henry VIII’s break with Rome, the Act Book of Archbishop Cromer is a key source for understanding the place of the pre-reformation church in Irish society.
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record sources for Ireland 16th century
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textual editing
History, society and culture
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Ard MachaArd Macha ... Armagh
Armagh
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See more George Cromer [archbishop of Armagh]Cromer (George) ... archbishop of Armagh
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Armagh registers
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Dennis Groenewegen
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