Irish Tower House - Society, Economy and Environment, C. 13001650

Tower houses are the definitive building of medieval Ireland. This study investigates their significant social role, which has previously gone underappreciated. Innovative conclusions stem from an interdisciplinary methodology that demonstrates the interconnectedness of society, economics and the environment in medieval culture.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Victoria L. McAlister is Assistant Professor of History at Southeast Missouri State University

Zusammenfassung

Tower houses are the definitive building of medieval Ireland. This study investigates their significant social role, which has previously gone underappreciated. Innovative conclusions stem from an interdisciplinary methodology that demonstrates the interconnectedness of society, economics and the environment in medieval culture. -- .

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Victoria L McAlister, Victoria L. McAlister
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781526155931
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5593-1
• Seiten: 288
• Serie: Social Archaeology and Material Worlds
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Mittelalter; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Antike; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, Medieval History, Material Culture, Archaeology by period / region, 14th century, c 1300 to c 1399, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Early 17th century c 1600 to c 1650, Medieval European archaeology, Architecture: castles and fortifications