Title Castles in Ireland : feudal power in a Gaelic world / Tom McNeill

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Batsford Contents Chapter INTRODUCTION -- part PART I EARLY CASTLES: TO c. 1225 -- chapter 1 BEFORE 1166 -- chapter 2 EARLY CASTLES OF STONE -- chapter 3 EARLY CASTLES OF EARTH AND TIMBER -- chapter 4 CASTLES AND THE ESTABLISHING OF ENGLISH LORDSHIPS IN IRELAND -- part PART II FROM THE EARLY THIRTEENTH TO THE MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY -- chapter 5 THE CENTRAL PERIOD OF ENGLISH LORDSHIP -- chapter 6 CASTLES IN THE ENGLISH FASHION -- chapter 7 CASTLES IN A DIVERGENT TRADITION -- chapter 8 LESSER STONE CASTLES -- chapter 9 CASTLES OF THE IRISH -- chapter 10 SUMMARY -- part PART III CASTLES OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES -- chapter 11 THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY -- chapter 12 ENCLOSURE CASTLES OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES -- chapter 13 TOWER-HOUSES -- DATES AND DISTRIBUTION -- chapter 4 TEEN TOWER-HOUSES -- STRUCTURE AND USE -- chapter 15 THE LATER MIDDLE AGES AND THE END OF CASTLES IN IRELAND Summary The castles of Ireland are an essential part of the story of medieval Europe, but were, until recently, a subject neglected by scholars. A lord's power and prestige was displayed in the majesty and uniqueness of his castle. The remains of several thousand castles enable us to reconstruct life in Ireland during these crucial centuries. Castles in Ireland tells the story of the nature and development of lordship and power in medieval Ireland. Ireland formed the setting to the interplay of the differing roles of competing lordships: English and Irish; feudal European and Gaelic; royal Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Power (Social sciences) -- Ireland -- History -- To 1500 Feudalism -- Ireland -- History -- To 1500 Castles -- Ireland -- History -- To 1500 British -- Ireland -- History -- To 1500 Architecture, Medieval -- Ireland Civilization, Celtic. Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500 Military history, Medieval Feudalism -- Ireland -- History 15.70 history of Europe. HISTORY. Architecture, Medieval British Castles Civilization, Celtic Feudalism Power (Social sciences) Kastelen. Feodalisme. Keltische tijd. Féodalité -- Irlande -- Histoire. Pouvoir (science sociale) -- Irlande -- Histoire. Châteaux forts -- Irlande. Architecture médiévale -- Irlande. Pays celtiques -- Civilisation. SUBJECT Ireland -- History -- 1172-1603. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067994 Subject Ireland Irlande -- 1172-1603. Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 96046689 ISBN 0415165377 9780415165372 020397364X 9780203973646 9786610137732 6610137730 1134708866 9781134708864 1280137738 9781280137730 0713478470 9780713478471 1134708858 9781134708857

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