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Late Medieval Ireland in a Wider World
The extent to which late medieval Ireland was connected to the wider world was forcefully illustrated by the arrival of bubonic plague in summer 1348. In Kilkenny, Friar John Clyn had already heard reports of its alarming advance through Christendom and had access to continental prophecies that informed his sense of its apocalyptic significance.
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Publication title
The Cambridge History of IrelandVolume
IEditors
B SmithPagination
329-352ISBN
9781316275399Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
Cambridge University PressPlace of publication
United KingdomExtent
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