The Doubtful Grant of Ireland

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Excerpt from The Doubtful Grant of Ireland: By Pope Adrian IV. To King Henry II. InvestigatedThe charge frequently made that we do not take such interest in our country's history as we ought to do is too true. But it is not universally true. Certain incidents of that history have an irresistible attraction for us. If we except sacred subjects, there is probably no other instance in which the rank and file of a race take to-day such a lively interest in letters written in the twelfth century as the Irish race all over the world take in the documents we are about to consider.A Bull is a Papal letter, taking its name from the bubble-shaped leaden seal which it bears. The letters here in question are five in number, written in the twelfth century, and relating to Ireland. They were probably never sealed with any seal, and are, therefore, not correctly called Bulls, even if genuine, but that name has become so well known in connection with them that the use of it cannot be misunderstood. In the twelfth century they were called privilegia or privileges.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.