Title: Hospitality in medieval Ireland, 900-1500 /
Authors: O'Sullivan, Catherine Marie.
Date: 2004
Publisher: Four Courts Press,
Physical description: 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC class: D
Contents: 1. Hospitality in medieval Ireland : an introduction to the sources -- 2. From kings and clerics to wandering bands and exiles : recipients of medieval Ireland's hospitality -- 3. Hospitality and the ordinary householder -- 4. Hospitality and the Irish nobility : open-handed generosity in the royal courts of medieval Ireland -- 5. Hospitality and the Irish guesthouse-keeper -- 6. Hospitality and the Irish Church : guesting, feasting and gift giving as prescribed by the Irish Church and practised throughout medieval Ireland -- App. Observations on the customs of hospitality in medieval Ireland.