Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland - The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330-1450

Zusatztext What is impressive here is Smith's control of scattered and often fragmentary archival sources. Informationen zum Autor Brendan Smith received his B.A. (Mod.) and Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin and held a postdoctoral Newman Scholarship at University College Dublin before taking up a lectureship at the University of Bristol in 1993. Klappentext This volume explores the ways in which the English settlers in Louth maintained their English identity in the face of plague and warfare, through the turbulent decades between 1330 and 1450. Zusammenfassung This volume explores the ways in which the English settlers in Louth maintained their English identity in the face of plague and warfare, through the turbulent decades between 1330 and 1450. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps and tables Preface Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: CRISIS AND SURVIVAL 1: False Dawn, 1330-1369 2: Friends Like These: William Windsor and Edmund Mortimer, 1369-1381 3: Richard II and his Legacy, 1382-1405 4: 'The Poor Commons', 1405-1450 PART TWO: SETTLER SOCIETY 5: The Church 6: The Towns 7: The Marches Conclusion Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Brendan Smith, Brendan (Reader in History Smith
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2013
• EAN: 9780199594757
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959475-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval