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Author Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí.

Title Early medieval Ireland, 400-1200 / Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
Published London ; New York : Longman, 1995

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 MELB  941.503 Ocr/Emi  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 379 pages : genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm
Series Longman history of Ireland
Longman history of Ireland.
Contents Ch. 1. The beginnings of Irish history -- Ch. 2. Kingdoms, peoples and politics, AD400-800 -- Ch. 3. Kings and kingship -- Ch. 4. Land, settlement and economy -- Ch. 5. Law, family and community -- Ch. 6. The consolidation of the church -- Ch. 7. The first Christian schools -- Ch. 8. The Golden Age -- Ch. 9. The Viking Age -- Ch. 10. Ireland 1014-1200
Summary Discussions provide the social, political, religious, legal and institutional background - in many respects unique to Ireland, and very different in kind from what was going on elsewhere in Europe at the time - against which Dr O Croinin describes (for the first time in one comprehensive and authoritative volume) Ireland's transformation from a tribal society to a feudal state
This impressive survey is the first volume in a major new six-volume series, the Longman History of Ireland, under the General Editorship of Steven G. Ellis. It offers the most up-to-date account of the early history of Ireland from the coming of Christianity to the first stages of the Norman settlement. In it, Daibhi O Croinin describes Ireland's emergence from the darkness of prehistory into the brilliant light of her 'Golden Age', as the 'Island of Saints and Scholars', and the subsequent evolution of a society comparable in achievement and sophistication with any in early medieval Europe. He examines the myths, and the reality behind them, that have gathered around Ireland's role in the formation of the 'First Europe', and he reassesses the contribution of Irish monks and scholars to that achievement
Analysis Ireland History, 410-1399
Ireland History, 410-1399
Notes Bibliography: p317-352. _ Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-352) and index
Subject Civilization, Medieval.
SUBJECT Ireland -- History -- To 1172. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067990
LC no. 94043307
ISBN 0582015650 (paper)
0582015669 (cased)