The March in the Islands of the Medieval West
Biographical note
Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh, Ph.D. (2004), Courtauld Institute, is Senior Researcher, 'Women as Makers of Medieval Art' ERC Project, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid. She has published widely on medieval Irish art and architecture.
Emmett O'Byrne, Ph.D. (2001), University of Dublin, Trinity College, is a lawyer and medieval historian. His research focusses on Irish political and legal history, and his publications include War, Politics and the Irish of Leinster, 1156–1606 (Four Courts, 2003).
Emmett O'Byrne, Ph.D. (2001), University of Dublin, Trinity College, is a lawyer and medieval historian. His research focusses on Irish political and legal history, and his publications include War, Politics and the Irish of Leinster, 1156–1606 (Four Courts, 2003).
Readership
All those interested in medieval ethnicity, and Ireland's place within medieval Europe, as well as archaeologists, historians, and art-historians. Of use to academics and students, it should also interest local historians.
Table of contents
List of Illustrations ... vii
Acknowledgements ... xi
Abbreviations ... xiii
List of Contributors ... xv
Introduction Terra Nova: A Crown on the March and aPeople of the Periphery ... 1
Emmett O’Byrne and Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh
TOWN AND COUNTRY: AGGRESSIVE SYMBIOSIS
Religious and Cultural Boundaries between Vikings and Irish: The Evidence of Conversion ... 15
Clare Downham
From Dyflinnarskiri to the Pale: Defining and Defending a Medieval City-State, 1000–1500 ... 35
Howard B. Clarke
“The Key of the County”: Saggart and the Manorial Economy of the Dublin March c. 1200–1540 ... 53
Margaret Murphy
New Ross: From European Archetype to Town “Situated in the Marches” ... 79
L.M. Doran
MATERIALISING IDENTITY
Style over Substance: Architectural Fashion and Identity Building in Medieval Ireland ... 97
Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh
Creating Borders in Twelfth-century Ireland? Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobair’s Diversion of the River Suck ... 139
Anne Connon and Brian Shanahan
Callan and Ormond: Architecture of the “Middle Nation”? ... 171
Danielle O’Donovan
The March in Roscommon, 1170–1400: Culture Contact, Continuity and Change ... 195
Rory McNeary and Brian Shanahan
RIVAL WRITS ON THE FRONTIER / PERCEIVED IDENTITY AND REAL AUTHORITY: RE-EXAMINING THE SOURCES
The Politics of Grievance and the Making of Medieval Irish Identity Blood, Law and Identity in Leinster and the Crown of England 1200–1340 ... 229
Emmett O’Byrne
Royal Authority and Its Limits: The Dominions of the English Crown in the Early Fourteenth Century ... 251
Seymour Phillips
The March Laws: For Use or Ornament? ... 261
William W. Scott
Conclusion ... 287
Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh and Emmett O’Byrne
Index of People ... 291
Index of Places ... 296
Subject Index ... 299
Acknowledgements ... xi
Abbreviations ... xiii
List of Contributors ... xv
Introduction Terra Nova: A Crown on the March and aPeople of the Periphery ... 1
Emmett O’Byrne and Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh
TOWN AND COUNTRY: AGGRESSIVE SYMBIOSIS
Religious and Cultural Boundaries between Vikings and Irish: The Evidence of Conversion ... 15
Clare Downham
From Dyflinnarskiri to the Pale: Defining and Defending a Medieval City-State, 1000–1500 ... 35
Howard B. Clarke
“The Key of the County”: Saggart and the Manorial Economy of the Dublin March c. 1200–1540 ... 53
Margaret Murphy
New Ross: From European Archetype to Town “Situated in the Marches” ... 79
L.M. Doran
MATERIALISING IDENTITY
Style over Substance: Architectural Fashion and Identity Building in Medieval Ireland ... 97
Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh
Creating Borders in Twelfth-century Ireland? Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobair’s Diversion of the River Suck ... 139
Anne Connon and Brian Shanahan
Callan and Ormond: Architecture of the “Middle Nation”? ... 171
Danielle O’Donovan
The March in Roscommon, 1170–1400: Culture Contact, Continuity and Change ... 195
Rory McNeary and Brian Shanahan
RIVAL WRITS ON THE FRONTIER / PERCEIVED IDENTITY AND REAL AUTHORITY: RE-EXAMINING THE SOURCES
The Politics of Grievance and the Making of Medieval Irish Identity Blood, Law and Identity in Leinster and the Crown of England 1200–1340 ... 229
Emmett O’Byrne
Royal Authority and Its Limits: The Dominions of the English Crown in the Early Fourteenth Century ... 251
Seymour Phillips
The March Laws: For Use or Ornament? ... 261
William W. Scott
Conclusion ... 287
Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh and Emmett O’Byrne
Index of People ... 291
Index of Places ... 296
Subject Index ... 299
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