Блог Ireland.RUсенатор Дэвид Норрис
How England sought to turn colonising Ireland into a crusade
Claims that the medieval Irish had lost their faith or turned to heresy were propaganda to cover a land grab and involved popes, kings, and burning witches and heretics at the stake Maeve Callan: “Following Ireland’s first heresy trials in the 14th century, this alleged apostasy was transformed into heresy and used to call for […]