{"id":144,"date":"2010-12-07T23:05:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T23:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.com\/science\/?p=144"},"modified":"2010-12-07T23:05:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T23:05:55","slug":"medieval-period-medieval-district-dublin-ireland-vikings-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/medieval-period-medieval-district-dublin-ireland-vikings-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval District of Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--- Medieval District --->\u00a0<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.com\/photogallery\/2010\/june\/063010\/JPEG\/063010-143.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.com\/photogallery\/2010\/june\/063010\/JPEG\/063010-143.jpg?w=300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medieval District<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Dublin, Ireland <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The walled district of Dublin that contains Christ Church, St. Patrick&#8217;s Cathedral, Dublinia Medieval Museum, The Brazenhead Pub, and many other landmarks is known as the &#8220;Medieval District&#8221;. As Dublin can trace its origins back beyond a 1,000 years with a good part of Ireland&#8217;s historical cultural, educational, and industrial activities taking place in this area. The Egyptian-Greek astronomer\/cartographer Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus ) wrote about Dublin in 140 C.E. as the settlement called Eblana which would date Dublin to over 2,000 years old. These writings of Dublin and Eblana being the same city are still under academic debate. Dublin was believed to have begun as a Viking settlement that was later preceded by a Christian ecclesiastical settlement called Duiblinn. In the 9th-10th centuries there were two settlements where Dublin now stands. The Vikings resided in this area and called themselves &#8220;Dyflin&#8221; after the Irish &#8220;Duiblinn&#8221; or &#8220;Black Pool&#8221; referring to the dark tidal pool where the River Poddle enters the River Libbey. As a Gaelic settlement it was called &#8220;\u00c1th Cliath&#8221; which means &#8220;ford of hurdles&#8221; located further up the river where present day Father Mathew Bridge is located at the bottom of Church Street. The Vikings ruled Dublin for almost three centuries until they were expelled in 902 C.E. They returned in 917 C.E. until they were defeated by the Irish High King Brian Boru at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 with Viking rule completely ceasing to exist by 1171 C.E. Dublin became the center of English power in Ireland after Norman invasions of southern Ireland (Munster\/Leinster) from 1169-1171 C.E. when Dublin replaced Tara in Meath as the seat of the Gaelic High Kings of Ireland. After the Hiberno-Norman defeat of Dublin in 1171 C.E. most of the Norse inhabitants left the old city building a new settlement on the north side called &#8220;Oxmantown&#8221; and by 1400 C.E. the Anglo-Normans were absorbed into Irish culture. Settlers from England and Wales began populating the area. Rural areas around the city as far as Drogheda became an extensive English settlement and by the 14th century was fortified against the Native Irish becoming known as &#8220;The Pale&#8221;. English rule functioned from the Dublin Castle with landowners and merchants ruling Parliament from 1297 C.E. This was also around the time that St. Patrick&#8217;s Cathedral, Christ Church, and St. Audeon&#8217;s were established. Medieval dubliners were fearful of siege from the native Irish, walling the city where the Medieval district now sits. This fortified Medieval Dublin&#8217;s 5,000-10,000 inhabitants is a tightly knit small are of no more than 3 kilometers in circumference. Outside the city walls were suburbs such as the Liberties, on the lands of the Archbishop of Dublin, and Irishtown, where Gaelic Irish were supposed to live after having been expelled from the city proper by a 15th century law. Native Irish were forbidden to live within the walled city even though many did by the 16th century. Life during the Medieval period was very precarious and tragic. 1348 saw the lethal Black Death that ravaged all of Europe in the mid-14th century. Dubliners who died from the Black Death were buried in mass graves in the area called the &#8220;Blackpitts&#8221; and the plague lasted until 1649. Through the Middle Ages, Dublin payed protection money called &#8220;Black Rent&#8221; to Irish clans so that they would not raid the city. 1315, Edward the Bruce and his Scottish army burned Dublin&#8217;s suburbs. The English lost interest in maintaining their Irish Colony and eventually Dublin was taken back by the surrounding Irish. 1487 saw the English Wars of the Roses and in 1537 Silken Thomas besieged Dublin Castle. Henry VIII sent a large army to destroy the Fitzgerlands and replace them with English rule bringing back Dublin under English Crown rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.com\/photogallery\/2010\/june\/063010\/JPEG\/063010-144.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.technogypsie.com\/photogallery\/2010\/june\/063010\/JPEG\/063010-144.jpg?w=300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--- END ---><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Medieval District Dublin, Ireland The walled district of Dublin that contains Christ Church, St. Patrick&#8217;s Cathedral, Dublinia Medieval Museum, The Brazenhead Pub, and many other landmarks is known as the &#8220;Medieval District&#8221;. As Dublin can trace its origins &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/medieval-period-medieval-district-dublin-ireland-vikings-history\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[89,94,44,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-structures","category-cathedrals","category-historic-structures","category-viking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Medieval District of Dublin - Naturally Science and Lore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/medieval-period-medieval-district-dublin-ireland-vikings-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medieval District of Dublin - Naturally Science and Lore\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 \u00a0 Medieval District Dublin, Ireland The walled district of Dublin that contains Christ Church, St. Patrick&#8217;s Cathedral, Dublinia Medieval Museum, The Brazenhead Pub, and many other landmarks is known as the &#8220;Medieval District&#8221;. 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