Britain and Ireland, 900-1300 - Insular Responses to Medieval European Change

Klappentext A volume of essays on the medieval history of relations between the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish. Zusammenfassung There is a growing interest in the history of relations between the English! Scottish! Welsh and Irish as the United Kingdom and Ireland begin to construct new political arrangements. This book brings together work on how these relations developed in the Middle Ages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors; Preface; 1. The effect of Scandinavian raiders on the English and Irish churches: a preliminary reassessment Alfred P. Smyth; 2. The changing economy of the Irish sea province Benjamin T. Hudson; 3. Cults of Irish, Scottish and Welsh saints in twelfth-century England Robert Bartlett; 4. Sea-divided Gaels? constructing relationships between Irish and Scots c.800-1169 Màire Herbert; 5. The 1169 as a turning-point in Irish-Welsh relations Seàn Duffy; 6. Killing and mutilating political enemies in the British Isles from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century: a comparative study John Gillingham; 7. Anglo-French acculturation and the Irish element in Scottish identity Dauvit Broun; 8. John de Courcy, the first Ulster plantation and Irish church men Marie Therese Flanagan; 9. Coming in from the margins: the descendants of Somerled and cultural accommodation in the Hebrides 1164-1317 R. Andrew McDonald; 10. Nobility and identity in medieval Britain and Ireland: the de Vescy family, c.1120-1314 Keith J. Stringer; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Brendan Smith
• Assisted by: Brendan Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.07.1999
• EAN: 9780521573191
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57319-1
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Ireland, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE