History of the Viceroys of Ireland

ISBN: 9781330483145 出版年：2018 页码：658 John Thomas Gilbert Forgotten Books

Even with the aid of accurate catalogues, the elimination of truths, and the collation of evi deuces in writings, ranging from the twelfth to the fifteenth century, in Gaelic, obsolete Latin, and Anglo — Norman, is a task involving serious labour. Such work, moreover, demands special knowledge, to be acquired only by a long and careful study of the languages and bearings of antique documents.