Humanism’s priorities and empire’s prerogatives: Polydore Vergil’s description of Ireland Haywood, Eric (University College Dublin) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 109C, 195–237 (2009) Abstract The description of Ireland in the Anglica historia by Polydore Vergil (c. 1470–1555), is possibly one of its most original passages, yet nowadays it is little known or studied. This article […]