03720oam 2200793I 450 991045043150332120200520144314.01-134-70886-61-280-13773-80-203-97364-X10.4324/9780203973646 (CKB)1000000000248373(EBL)240190(OCoLC)793165319(SSID)ssj0000118620(PQKBManifestationID)11146123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118620(PQKBWorkID)10054362(PQKB)11575149(MiAaPQ)EBC240190(Au-PeEL)EBL240190(CaPaEBR)ebr10095784(CaONFJC)MIL13773(OCoLC)264449999(EXLCZ)99100000000024837320180331d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCastles in Ireland feudal power in a Gaelic world /Tom McNeillLondon ;New York :Routledge,1997.1 online resource (277 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-22853-0 0-415-16537-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-253) and index.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 ages13 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; IndexThe 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; royalPower (Social sciences)IrelandHistorySocial historyMedieval, 500-1500Military history, MedievalFeudalismIrelandHistoryCastlesIrelandHistoryBritishIrelandHistoryCivilization, CelticArchitecture, MedievalIrelandIrelandHistory1172-1603Electronic books.Power (Social sciences)History.Social historyMilitary history, Medieval.FeudalismHistory.CastlesHistory.BritishHistory.Civilization, Celtic.Architecture, Medieval941.5941.503McNeill T. E.917319MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450431503321Castles in Ireland2056656UNINA