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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453063103321

Titolo

A new history of Ireland . Volume 1 Prehistoric and early Ireland [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dáibhí O. Cróinín

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-281-51518-3

9786611515188

0-19-154345-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1398 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CróinínDáibhí O

Disciplina

941.5

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Ireland History

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

PREFACE; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; MAPS; PLATES; LINE DRAWINGS AND TEXT FIGURES; ABBREVITIONS AND CONVENTIONS; INTRODUCTION: PREHISTORIC AND EARLY IRELAND; I: THE GEOGRAPHICAL ELEMENT IN IRISH HISTORY; II: THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT; III: IRELAND BEFORE 3000 B.C.; IV: NEOLITHIC IRELAND; V: BRONZE-AGE IRELAND; VI: IRON-AGE IRELAND; VII: IRELAND, 400-800; VIII: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELAND, c.400-1169: SETTLEMENT AND ECONOMY; IX: THE CHURCH IN IRISH SOCIETY, 400-800; X: EARLY IRISH LAW; XI: HIBERNO-LATIN LITERATURE TO 1169

XII: 'WHAT WAS BEST OF EVERY LANGUAGE': THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE IRISH LANGUAGEXIII: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE TO 1169; XIV: MANUSCRIPTS AND PALAEOGRAPHY; XV: IRELAND c.800: ASPECTS OF SOCIETY; XVI: THE VIKING AGE; XVII: THE IRISH CHURCH, 800-c.1050; XVIII: CHURCH AND POLITICS, c.750-c.1100; XIX: VISUAL ARTS AND SOCIETY; XX: ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE BEFORE 1169; XXI: MUSIC IN PREHISTORIC AND MEDIEVAL IRELAND; XXII: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF IRELAND'S VIKING-AGE TOWNS; XXIII: COINS AND COINAGE IN PRE-NORMAN IRELAND; XXIV: IRELAND BEFORE THE BATTLE OF CLONTARF

XXV: IRELAND AND HER NEIGHBOURS, c.1014-c.1072XXVI: HIGH-KINGS WITH OPPOSITION, 1072-1166; XXVII: LATIN LEARNING AND



LITERATURE IN IRELAND, 1169-1500; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In this first volume of the Royal Irish Academy's multi-volume A New History of Ireland a wide range of national and international scholars, in every field of study, have produced studies of the archaeology, art, culture, geography, geology, history, language, law, literature, music, and related topics that include surveys of all previous scholarship combined with the latest research findings, to offer readers the first truly comprehensive and authoritative account of Irish. history from the dawn of time down to the coming of the Normans in 1169. Included in the volume is a comprehensive bibli