Gaelic and Gaelicized Ireland in the Middle AgesWhen the first edition of this book appeared in 1972 it was acclaimed as a revolutionary breakthrough in the study of late medieval Ireland and of the autonomous lordships into which it was divided. Since then it has repeatedly and extensively cited as an authority, but has long been out of print. This edition of a pioneering and brilliant survey work is comprehensively revised and enlarged in the light of additional research by the author, and other scholars, carried out in the intervening period. New information on late Irish law and the lordships has been added, and the glossary and bibliography extended. Gaelic and Gaelicized Ireland is an indispensable adjunct to all students and readers in medieval Irish and European history. |
Contents
The Land | 5 |
The expanding clans | 11 |
The Gaelic reconquest | 18 |
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abbot Anglo-Norman Annals of Ulster Bermingham bishop Brefny Brehon Brehon law Brian Brien brother Burgo Butler castle chief Church Cinéal clan Clanrickard Clare clergy clerics coarb Connor Cormac County Cork County Kilkenny County Tipperary County Waterford cousin coyne and livery custom death descendants Donogh Dublin earl of Desmond earl of Kildare earl of Ormond earl of Ulster earl's ecclesiastical English erenaghs father Felim Fermanagh fifteenth fitz fourteenth century Gaelic areas Gaelic Ireland galloglass Galway gavelkind hereditary Hugh Irish Irish law kerne Kerry king of Connacht landowners lands later Limerick lineage lords lordship Lough Mac Carthy Mór Mac Dermot Mac Donnell Mac Sweenys Mac William Maguire marriage Maurice Meath Munster Neill Niall normal papal pledge possession purely Gaelic Reilly rent Ruadh rule seems sixteenth century slain Sligo sons succeeded succession tanist tanistry Teig tenants territory thirteenth century Thomas Thomond Tipperary Tirconnell townland Turlough Tyrone vassals Waterford