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Zusatztext '...an admirable book, generous in scope and unfailingly interpretations.' Klappentext A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes! it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory! from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence! through the Middle Ages! down to the present day. Zusammenfassung A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day. Volume II opens with a character study of medieval Ireland and a panoramic view of the country c.1169, followed by nineteen chapters of narrative history, with a survey of `Land and People, c.1300'. There are further chapters on Gaelic and colonial society, economy and trade, literature in Irish, French, and English, architecture and sculpture, manuscripts and illuminations, and coinage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: F. J. Byrne: The Trembling Sod: Ireland in 1169 2: F. X. Martin: Diarmit Mac Murchada and the Coming of the Anglo-Normans 3: F. X. Martin: Allies and an Overlord, 1169-72 4: F. X. Martin: Overlord Becomes Feudal Lord 5: F. X. Martin: John, Lord of Ireland, 1185-1216 6: James Lydon: The Expansion and Consolidation of the Colony, 1265-54 7: James Lydon: The Years of Crisis, 1254-1315 8: R. E. Glasscock: Land and People, c.1300 9: James Lydon: A Land of War 10: James Lydon: The Impact of the Bruce Invasion, 1315-27 11: J. A. Watt: Approaches to the History of Fourteenth-Century Ireland 12: J. A. Watt: Gaelic Polity and Cultural Identity 13: J. A. Watt: The Anglo-Irish Colony Under Strain, 1327-99 14: K. W. Nicholls: Gaelic Society and Economy 15: Kevin Down: Colonial Society and Economy 16: Wendy Childs and Timothy O'Neill: Overseas Trade 17: Art Cosgrove: England and Ireland, 1399-1447 18: Art Cosgrove: The Emergence of the Pale, 1399-1447 19: Art Cosgrove: Anglo-Ireland and the Yorkist Cause, 147-60 20: Art Cosgrove: Ireland Beyond the Pale, 1399-1460 21: D. B. Quinn: Aristocratic Autonomy, 1460-94 22: D. B. Quinn: 'Irish' Ireland and 'English' Ireland 23: D. B. Quinn: The Hegemony of the Earls of Kildare 24: D. B. Quinn: The Reemergence of English Policy as a Major Factor in Irish Affairs, 1520-34 25: James Carney: Literature in Irish, 1169-1534 26: Alan Bliss and Joseph Long: Literature in Norman French and English to 1534 27: Edwin C. Rae: Architecture and Sculpture, 1169-1603 28: Françoise Henry and Geneviève Marsh-Micheli: Manuscripts and Illuminations, 1169-1603 29: Michael Dolley: Coinage, to 1534: The Sign of the Times Bibliography Bibliographical Supplement Index ...
Summary
This second volume of the A New History of Ireland series opens with a character study of medieval Ireland and a panoramic view of the country c.1169, followed by nineteen chapters of narrative history. There are further chapters on Gaelic and colonial society, literature, architecture, sculpture, manuscripts and illuminations, and coinage.
