Cultural Exchange and Identity in Late Medieval Ireland - The English and Irish of the Four Obedient Shires

Informationen zum Autor Sparky Booker is a Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast and specialises in medieval Irish social, cultural and legal history. Her publications have examined the interactions between the English of Ireland and the Irish in the later Middle Ages, and explored intermarriage, sumptuary law, ecclesiastical patronage and the Irish in urban society. Recent work examines female litigants in medieval Ireland, and analyses litigant strategies and the influence of wealth, status, ethnicity and gender on women's legal activities. Booker is keenly interested in public history and, as a member of the Friends of Medieval Dublin, was co-founder and co-editor of the Tales of Medieval Dublin lecture series and accompanying book. Klappentext Examines the complex interactions between English and Irish neighbours in the 'four obedient shires' and how this shaped English identity. Zusammenfassung Cultural exchange between English and Irish neighbours in the 'four obedient shires' went both ways. Sparky Booker examines the nature of these complex interactions! the tensions that existed between assimilation and the preservation of distinct cultural identities! and the impact this had on English identity in Ireland. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: cultural exchange and identity in late medieval Ireland; 1. Defining the region: the four obedient shires; 2. Migration, assimilation, and status: the Irish of the four shires; 3. Mediation and cooperation: the 'two nations' in the church; 4. Interethnic family ties: intermarriage and fosterage; 5. Irish customs in the four shires; 6. The Irish language and the English community; Conclusions: identity and the limits of assimilation.

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• Authors: Sparky Booker, Sparky (Queen's University Belfast) Booker, Sparky (Queen''s University Belfast) Booker, Sparky (Trinity College Booker, Booker Sparky
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781107128088
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12808-8
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Print on Demand; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; European History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages