Hugh de Lacy, first Earl of Ulster : rising and falling in Angevin Ireland / / Daniel Brown [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Brown Daniel <1983->
• Pubblicazione: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : , : The Boydell Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 941.603092
• Soggetto topico: Nobility - Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) - History - 12th century
• Soggetto geografico: Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) History 12th century; Great Britain History Angevin period, 1154-1216; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) Biography
• Soggetto non controllato: English Irish history; English history; English power; Hugh II de Lacy; Irish history; Irish middle ages; first earl of Ulster; medieval studies; noble identity; nobles; power dynamics; royal hierarchy; thriteenth century; war
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 May 2021).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Beginnings Birth, brotherhood and the burden of lineage -- 2 Rise The making of an earl, 1201–05 -- 3 Ascendancy Lordship in Ulster, 1205–10 -- 4 Fall The road to rebellion, 1205–10 -- Conclusion -- Appendices The acta of Hugh de Lacy, 1189–1242 -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book charts the striking rise, fall and restoration of the first earl of Ulster, Hugh II de Lacy, described by one contemporary chronicler as 'the most powerful of the English in Ireland'. A younger son of the lord of Meath, de Lacy ascended from relatively humble beginnings to join the top stratum of Angevin society, being granted in 1205 the first earldom in Ireland by King John. Subsequently, in 1210, having been implicated in rebellion, Hugh was expelled from Ulster by a royal army and joined the Albigensian crusade against Cathar heretics in southern France. Unusually, after almosttwo decades in exile and a second revolt against the English crown, de Lacy was restored to the earldom of Ulster by King Henry III in 1227, retaining it to his death, c. 1242. Situated in the north-east of Ireland, Ulster's remoteness from centres of colonial administration allowed Hugh de Lacy to operate beyond the normal mechanisms of royal control, forging his own connections with otherpowerful lords of the Irish Sea province. The fluidity of noble identity in frontier zones is also underlined by the career of someone who, according to his political needs, presented himself to different audiences as a courtly sophisticate, freebooting colonist, crusading warrior, or maurauding 'Irish' ruler. The foundation for this study is provided by Hugh de Lacy's acta, providedas an appendix, and representing the first collection of comital charters in an Irish context. These cast fresh light on the wider themes of power and identity, the intersection of crown and nobility,and the risks and rewards for ambitious frontiersmen in the Angevin world. Daniel Brown obtained his PhD from Queen's University Belfast, and completed his research on Hugh de Lacy as a postdoctoral fellow at Trinity College Dublin.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hugh de Lacy, first Earl of Ulster
• ISBN: 1-78204-902-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910149431403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Irish historical monographs series ; ; 17.