The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 1, 600–1550

Cambridge University Press, 4/26/2018
EAN 9781107110670, ISBN10: 110711067X

Hardcover, 680 pages, 23.5 x 16 x 3.5 cm
Language: English

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.

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.