Description
Book SynopsisA New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day. Volume II opens with a character study of medieval Ireland and a panoramic view of the country c.1169, followed by nineteen chapters of narrative history, with a survey of `Land and People, c.1300''. There are further chapters on Gaelic and colonial society, economy and trade, literature in Irish, French, and English, architecture and sculpture, manuscripts and illuminations, and coinage.
Trade ReviewReview from previous edition ' No short review could do justice to the magnificent second volume of The New History Of Ireland." * Scottish Historical Review *
'...an admirable book, generous in scope and unfailingly interpretations.' * English Historical Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Trembling Sod: Ireland in 1169 ; 2. Diarmit Mac Murchada and the Coming of the Anglo-Normans ; 3. Allies and an Overlord, 1169-72 ; 4. Overlord Becomes Feudal Lord ; 5. John, Lord of Ireland, 1185-1216 ; 6. The Expansion and Consolidation of the Colony, 1265-54 ; 7. The Years of Crisis, 1254-1315 ; 8. Land and People, c.1300 ; 9. A Land of War ; 10. The Impact of the Bruce Invasion, 1315-27 ; 11. Approaches to the History of Fourteenth-Century Ireland ; 12. Gaelic Polity and Cultural Identity ; 13. The Anglo-Irish Colony Under Strain, 1327-99 ; 14. Gaelic Society and Economy ; 15. Colonial Society and Economy ; 16. Overseas Trade ; 17. England and Ireland, 1399-1447 ; 18. The Emergence of the Pale, 1399-1447 ; 19. Anglo-Ireland and the Yorkist Cause, 147-60 ; 20. Ireland Beyond the Pale, 1399-1460 ; 21. Aristocratic Autonomy, 1460-94 ; 22. 'Irish' Ireland and 'English' Ireland ; 23. The Hegemony of the Earls of Kildare ; 24. The Reemergence of English Policy as a Major Factor in Irish Affairs, 1520-34 ; 25. Literature in Irish, 1169-1534 ; 26. Literature in Norman French and English to 1534 ; 27. Architecture and Sculpture, 1169-1603 ; 28. Manuscripts and Illuminations, 1169-1603 ; 29. Coinage, to 1534: The Sign of the Times ; Bibliography ; Bibliographical Supplement ; Index
