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

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Sparky Booker, Booker Sparky
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9781107567375
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56737-5
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: 2 maps, Karten
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; 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