Hyde, Douglas. The Conquests of Charlemagne. Edited from the Book of Lismore and three other Vellum MSS. By Douglas Hyde, L.L.D.,D.LITT., M.R.I.A. London, Irish Texts Society, 1917, 1919. Octavo. xv, 128 pages, iii [Glossary], 22 pages [Publishers List]. Original green cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Near fine. Partially unopened. Gabhaltais Shearluis Mhoir.

Provenance: From the Library of Kenneth Nicholls.

Kenneth W. Nicholls (1934 – 25 May 2025) was an Irish academic and historian, notable for his work on the late medieval and early modern period. He was the subject of a festschrift in 2014.
Nicholls worked at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies for a period during the 1960s. He was a member of staff of the history department in University College Cork until his retirement in 2004. He came to national and international prominence as the author of Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages, first published in 1972, and reprinted in 2003. He was particularly regarded among his peers for his deep knowledge of late medieval and early modern historical sources in the Irish, Latin, French and English languages.

• Keywords: Classical & Old Literature · Fine Bindings & Editions · History · History & Culture · Reference
• Language: English
• First edition
• Inventory Number: 104826AB

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