T. E. McNeill

Castles in Ireland (eBook, ePUB)

Feudal Power in a Gaelic World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The castles of Ireland, captivating in the variety and ingenuity of their designs, are an essential part of the history of medieval Europe. Unlike the castles in England, however, they haven't been studies until recently. "Castles in Ireland" explains how a comprehensive study of the documents and physical remains of medieval castles can tell us the stories of the lords who ruled them and the builders who made them.
Much is revealed in these structures made for aristocrats, as the physical is integrated here with the historical story. We learn about Ireland as a setting for the interplay of differing competing lordships: English and Irish; feudal European and Gaelic; royal and baronial. Also in the studying of relations of neighboring castles and in contrasting the pattern of castle building with that of Europe, T.E. McNeill documents the collapse of the lords early hopes of great wealth in Ireland, the weakness of royal power and the consistent neglect of defensive development against domestic comfort at all times. Through his examination of archaeological evidence, the author concludes that contrary to assumptions made about the establishement of English estates in Ireland in the 13th century, the English and Irish found the land and their mutual occupation a peaceful one.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134708857
• Artikelnr.: 42710441

Autorenporträt

Dr Thomas McNeill took his doctorate in archaeology at Queen's University, Belfast, where he is currently Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology. He is the author of The English Heritage Book of Castles and The Archaeology of Ulster (with J. P. Mallory).

Inhaltsangabe

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 ages 13 Tower-houses: dates and
distribution 14 Tower-houses: structure and use 15 The later middle ages
and the end of castles in Ireland, Epilogue