Landscape and History on the Medieval Irish Frontier English; Latin: The King’s Cantreds in the Thirteenth Century - Couverture rigide

Finan, Thomas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 2503542921 ISBN 13 : 9782503542928

Editeur : Brepols N.V., 2016

Synopsis

This work offers a new and innovative insight into the history of thirteenth-century Ireland by exploring the interplay between Gaelic lords, Anglo-Norman lords, and the medieval environmental landscape that connected them. Focusing on the king's cantreds of Roscommon, a space that was both the homeland of the O'Conor royal authority from the eighth century and a defined holding of the English kings from the early thirteenth century, the book explores the frontier landscape as an active player in its own right within Irish history and discusses the way that both Gaels and Anglo-Normans interacted with, and were in turn influenced by, this environment. This unique approach to Irish history enables the author to step away from the traditional view of a dyadic relationship between Gaelic and Anglo-Norman lords and instead demonstrate that not only did both sides alter and change the environment around them according to their perceptions of their enemies and the threat posed by the land, but that the landscape itself was to play a significant role in shaping and influencing the identities and destiny of its inhabitants.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brepols N.V.
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 2503542921
• ISBN 13: 9782503542928
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 215
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• Personne responsable: non disponible