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

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

Print version record.

Chapter INTRODUCTION -- part PART I EARLY CASTLES: TO c. 1225 -- chapter 1 BEFORE 1166 -- chapter 2 EARLY CASTLES OF STONE -- chapter 3 EARLY CASTLES OF EARTH AND TIMBER -- chapter 4 CASTLES AND THE ESTABLISHING OF ENGLISH LORDSHIPS IN IRELAND -- part PART II FROM THE EARLY THIRTEENTH TO THE MID-FOURTEENTH CENTURY -- chapter 5 THE CENTRAL PERIOD OF ENGLISH LORDSHIP -- chapter 6 CASTLES IN THE ENGLISH FASHION -- chapter 7 CASTLES IN A DIVERGENT TRADITION -- chapter 8 LESSER STONE CASTLES -- chapter 9 CASTLES OF THE IRISH -- chapter 10 SUMMARY -- part PART III CASTLES OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES -- chapter 11 THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY -- chapter 12 ENCLOSURE CASTLES OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES -- chapter 13 TOWER-HOUSES -- DATES AND DISTRIBUTION -- chapter 4 TEEN TOWER-HOUSES -- STRUCTURE AND USE -- chapter 15 THE LATER MIDDLE AGES AND THE END OF CASTLES IN IRELAND.

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.

English.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide