Dept of History, UCC
Dr Edwards is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, while studying there he developed an abiding interest in the medieval period. When arriving at UCC in 1993, Dr Edwards was able to merge the two areas and could pursue his research interests, which by then had begun to explore continuities between late medieval and early modern Ireland in order the better to identify and measure some of the profound political and social, religious and cultural changes that occurred during the 1500s and early 1600s.