Joanna MacGugan

Research focuses on how the English legal system in medieval Ireland relied on collective memory, customary law, oral histories, common fame, and social networks to collectively decide what was the ‘truth’.

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Mar 1, 2024 • 27min

Medieval Ireland: Death & Politics

Court records of naked, murderous monks, tavern brawls, robberies, and criminal gangs reveal how English governed death in medieval Ireland. Dr. MacGugan discusses legal system, oral histories, and social networks shaping 'truth'. Podcast explores fusion of tradition with written law, oral traditions in Dublin, social realities through literacy, dramatic monastic murder, and power struggles over coroners' jurisdiction in Dublin.

Jan 4, 2024 • 43min

Justice, Politics, and Death in Medieval Ireland with Joanna MacGugan

Expert Joanna MacGugan discusses justice under English rule in medieval Ireland, exploring the legal system, community influence on justice, significance of capital punishment, importance of oral traditions, and societal attitudes towards executions. The podcast delves into the complexities of English colonization, evolution of laws in Ireland, and the role of coroners in investigating deaths. It also touches on social memory, reputation, ethnicity, and the construction of history in medieval Irish society.