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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450431503321

Autore

McNeill T. E.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-70886-6

1-280-13773-8

0-203-97364-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

941.5

941.503

Soggetti

Power (Social sciences) - Ireland - History

Social history - Medieval, 500-1500

Military history, Medieval

Feudalism - Ireland - History

Castles - Ireland - History

British - Ireland - History

Civilization, Celtic

Architecture, Medieval - Ireland

Electronic books.

Ireland History 1172-1603

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-253) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction; PART I: EARLY CASTLES: TO c. 1225; 1 Before 1166; 2 Early castles of stone; 3 Early castles of earth and timber; 4 Castles and the establishing of English lordships in Ireland; PART II: FROM THE EARLY THIRTEENTH TO THE MID- FOURTEENTH CENTURY; 5 The central period of English lordship; 6 Castles in the English fashion; 7 Castles in a divergent tradition; 8 Lesser stone castles; 9 Castles of the Irish; 10 Summary; PART III: CASTLES OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES; 11 The fourteenth century; 12 Enclosure castles of the later middle ages

13 Tower-houses: dates and distribution14 Tower-houses: structure and use; 15 The later middle ages and the end of castles in Ireland;



Epilogue; Gazetteer of selected castles; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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