Cart

Unlocking potential with the best learning and research solutions

The Cambridge History of Ireland

Volume 1. 600–1550

$43.99 (G)

Part of The Cambridge History of Ireland

Editor: Brendan Smith, University of Bristol

Brendan Smith, Edel Bhreathnach, John Carey, Jane Hawkes, Ales Woolf, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Colin Veach, Nicholas Vincent, Beth Hartland, Katharine Simms, Christopher Maginn, Michael Bennett, Colmán Ó Clabaigh, Margaret Murphy, Peter Crooks, Rachel Moss, Mary Ann Lyons, Robin Frame

View all contributors

Date Published: April 2020
availability: In stock
format: Paperback
isbn: 9781107527560

Average user rating

(1 review)

Rate & review

$ 43.99 (G)
Paperback

Add to cart Add to wishlist

Other available formats:
Hardback, eBook

Looking for an examination copy?

If you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an examination copy. To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching.

Description

Contents

Resources

Courses

About the Authors

The thousand years explored in this book witnessed developments in the history of Ireland that resonate to this day. Interspersing narrative with detailed analysis of key themes, the first volume in the Cambridge History of Ireland presents the latest thinking on key aspects of the medieval Irish experience. The contributors are leading experts in their fields, and present their original interpretations in a fresh and accessible manner. New perspectives are offered on the politics, artistic culture, religious beliefs and practices, social organisation and economic activity that prevailed on the island in these centuries. At each turn the question is asked: to what extent were these developments unique to Ireland? The openness of Ireland to outside influences, and its capacity to influence the world beyond its shores, are recurring themes. Underpinning the book is a comparative, outward-looking approach that sees Ireland as an integral but exceptional component of medieval Christian Europe.
- Places the Irish experience in the broader context of medieval European developments, allowing for comparisons and contrasts with other countries to emerge
- Contains new and original perspectives from the leading scholars in the field
- Written in an accessible style and supported by full scholarly apparatus and carefully selected maps, tables and illustrations
Read more
Reviews & endorsements
'… presents an up-to-date summary of research and it hints towards new avenues for investigation. It will be a useful addition to the bookshelves of any historian dealing with medieval Europe.' Clare Downham, Speculum

Customer reviews

17th Oct 2024 by UName-841361
It's not avaliable for me. Just a little pity for this. How to obtain it?

Log in to review

Review was not posted due to profanity
×

, create a review

(If you're not , sign out)

Please enter the right captcha value

Please enter a star rating.

Your review must be a minimum of 12 words.

How do you rate this item?

Reviews must contain at least 12 words about the product.

×

Product details
- Date Published: April 2020
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107527560
- length: 680 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 153 x 32 mm
- weight: 1.1kg
- contains: 36 b/w illus. 4 maps 2 tables
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Introduction Brendan Smith
Part I. Christianity, Invasion and Conquest:
600–1200:
1. Communities and their landscapes Edel Bhreatnach
2. Learning, imagination and belief John Carey
3. Art and society Jane Hawkes
4. The Scandinavian intervention Alex Woolf
5. Perception and reality: Ireland c.980–1229 Máire Ní Mhaonaigh
6. Conquest and conquerors Colin Veach
Part II. English Lordship in Ireland:
1200–1550:
7. Angevin Ireland Nicholas Vincent
8. The height of English power:
1250–1320 Beth Hartland
9. Disaster and opportunity:
1320–1450 Brendan Smith
10. The political recovery of Gaelic Ireland Katharine Simms
11. Continuity and change:
1470–1550 Christopher Maginn
12. Late medieval Ireland in a wider world Michael Bennett
Part III. Religion, Economy and Culture, 1000–1550:
13. The Church, 1050–1460 Colmán Ó Clabaigh
14. The economy Margaret Murphy
15. Gaelic culture and society Katharine Simms
16. The structure of politics in theory and practice, 1210–1541 Peter Crooks
17. Material culture Rachel Moss
18. The onset of religious reform:
1460–1550 Mary Ann Lyons
19. Contexts, divisions and unities: perspectives from the Later Middle Ages Robin Frame.
Editor
Brendan Smith, University of Bristol
Brendan Smith is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and was Rooney Family Newman Scholar at University College Dublin before joining the University of Bristol in 1993. He was appointed Professor of Medieval History at Bristol in 2014. He is the author and editor of numerous books on medieval Ireland, including several collections of historical documents. His research focuses on the English colonists established in Ireland in the decades around 1200, and the relationship of their descendants with England and with their Irish neighbours. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
General Editor
Thomas Bartlett, University of Aberdeen
Thomas Bartlett was born in Belfast, and is a graduate of Queen's University Belfast. He has held positions at the National University of Ireland, Galway, then as Professor of Modern Irish history at University College Dublin, and most recently as Professor of Irish history at the University of Aberdeen, until his retirement in 2014. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and his previous publications include Ireland: A History (Cambridge, 2010).
Contributors
Brendan Smith, Edel Bhreathnach, John Carey, Jane Hawkes, Ales Woolf, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Colin Veach, Nicholas Vincent, Beth Hartland, Katharine Simms, Christopher Maginn, Michael Bennett, Colmán Ó Clabaigh, Margaret Murphy, Peter Crooks, Rachel Moss, Mary Ann Lyons, Robin Frame