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William M. Aird lectures on medieval history at Cardiff University, Wales. He was awarded his PhD by Edinburgh University. With a particular interest in the history of the Normans in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he is the author of a number of articles and monographs including, St. Cuthbert and the Normans: The Church of Durham, 1071–1153 (1998) and Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, c.1050–1134 (2008). His current research concerns the medieval Life of St. Margaret of Scotland and the career of Edward A. Freeman. Edel Bhreathnach is the Academic Project Manager at the Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute for the Study of Irish History and Civilisation, University College Dublin. She has published on many aspects of medieval Ireland, including the royal complex of Tara, Co. Meath, and edited the interdisciplinary volume The Kingship and Landscape of Tara (2005). Her current interests include royal sites in Ireland and the intellectual history of the Franciscan order in late medieval and early modern Ireland. Thomas M. Charles-Edwards is Jesus Professor of Celtic, University of Oxford. His main field of research is early medieval Irish and Welsh history and literature. He was a Scholar of the School of Celtic Studies in the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies and has held posts in Oxford since 1969. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2001 and an Honorary ... log in or subscribe to read full text