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

Informationen zum Autor Victoria L. McAlister is Assistant Professor of History at Southeast Missouri State University Klappentext 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. 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 Around the castle wall: the tower house complex and rural settlement2 The medieval agrarian economy: lifeblood of the tower house3 Rivers in pre-modern Ireland: environment and economy4 Movement, transport and communication: tower houses and waterways5 'Urban' tower houses6 Tower houses, late medieval Ireland and the connection with the wider worldConclusion: the social, economic and environmental contexts of the Irish tower houseIndex

Product details

• Authors: Victoria McAlister, Victoria L. McAlister
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781526121233
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2123-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Social Archaeology and Material Worlds; Social Archaeology and Material Worlds; Social Archaeology and Materia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Social and cultural history, Archaeology by period / region, 14th century, c 1300 to c 1399, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Early 17th century c 1600 to c 1650, Medieval European archaeology, Castles & fortifications, Architecture: castles and fortifications