This is an account of Social Life in Pre-Reformation Dublin, telling of its ruling class, its wealthy merchants, its all-powerful traditional church, the city\'s personalities, and Dublin\'s unwanted Irish.
Yet, Dublin\'s rulers broke the law, were.
Hearing of the manhandling of one of their bailiffs, the governors of Dublin rode to Howth to defend the honour of Dublin.
In the 1450s, they set standards of behaviour for the inhabitants.
Dublin was an English city run by a local merchant oligarchy.
This is an account of Social Life in Pre-Reformation Dublin, telling of its ruling class, its wealthy merchants, its all-powerful traditional church, the city\'s personalities, and Dublin\'s unwanted Irish