An examination of how the feminine was viewed in early medieval Ireland, through a careful study of a range of texts.

"This volume of essays, which includes papers first given at a conference of the Irish Association for Research in Women's History, represents a fresh approach

"This book disperses the shadows in an obscure but important landscape. Lisa Bitel addresses both the history of women in early Ireland and the history of myth,

The first general survey of the history of women in early modern Ireland. Based on an impressive range of source material, it presents the results of original r