Drawing on documentary, archaeological, architectural and cartographic evidence, Potterton (senior research archaeologist, Discovery Program) pieces together a picture of the town of Trim, County Meath, Ireland, as it existed in the Middle Ages. He traces the origins and evolution of the town and its administration and explains its trading and commercial functions, its role as an ecclesiastical center and its topographical layout. He situates these developments in the context of the Anglo-Norman world. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
