About
Marriage and sex were central to the lives of most women, and men, in medieval Ireland.
This lecture uses the records of an Irish church court to throw light on Irish women's intimate relationships with men, both blessed and sinful, in the time of Henry VIII. Human nature, it seems, has not changed a great deal in 500 years.
Speaker: Dr Henry Jefferies
Dr Henry Jefferies is a Research Associate in Ulster University. He was for many years the Head of History in Thornhill College, Derry. He is the author of many books and articles, most notably
- History of the Diocese of Derry (2000)
- The Irish Church and The Tudor Reformations (2010)
- Reformations Compared (2024)
