Synopses & Reviews
A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day.
Volume II opens with a character study of medieval Ireland and a panoramic view of the country c.1169, followed by nineteen chapters of narrative history, with a survey of "Land and People, c.1300." There are further chapters on Gaelic and colonial society, economy and trade, literature in Irish, French, and English, architecture and sculpture, manuscripts and illuminations, and coinage.
Review
"No short review could do justice to the magnificent second volume of The New History of Ireland."--Scottish Historical Review
"An admirable book, generous in scope and unfailing in interpretations."--English Historical Review
Synopsis
Volume II of A New History of Ireland opens with a character study of medieval Ireland and a panoramic view of the country c.1169, followed by nineteen chapters of narrative history, with a survey of "Land and People, c.1300." There are further chapters on Gaelic and colonial society; economy and trade; literature in Irish, French, and English; architecture and sculpture; manuscripts and illuminations; and coinage. In this revised edition the comprehensive bibliography has been augmented by an up-to-date bibliographical supplement.
Table of Contents
Introduction,
F. X. Martin1. The Trembling Sod: Ireland in 1169, F. J. Byrne
2. Diarmit Mac Murchada and the Coming of the Anglo-Normans, F. X. Martin
3. Allies and an Overlord, 1169-72, F. X. Martin
4. Overlord Becomes Feudal Lord, F. X. Martin
5. John, Lord of Ireland, 1185-1216, F. X. Martin
6. The Expansion and Consolidation of the Colony, 1265-54, James Lydon
7. The Years of Crisis, 1254-1315, James Lydon
8. Land and People, c.1300, R. E. Glasscock
9. A Land of War, James Lydon
10. The Impact of the Bruce Invasion, 1315-27, James Lydon
11. Approaches to the History of Fourteenth-Century Ireland, J. A. Watt
12. Gaelic Polity and Cultural Identity, J. A. Watt
13. The Anglo-Irish Colony Under Strain, 1327-99, J. A. Watt
14. Gaelic Society and Economy, K. W. Nicholls
15. Colonial Society and Economy, Kevin Down
16. Overseas Trade, Wendy Childs and Timothy O'Neill
17. England and Ireland, 1399-1447, Art Cosgrove
18. The Emergence of the Pale, 1399-1447, Art Cosgrove
19. Anglo-Ireland and the Yorkist Cause, 147-60, Art Cosgrove
20. Ireland Beyond the Pale, 1399-1460, Art Cosgrove
21. Aristocratic Autonomy, 1460-94, D. B. Quinn
22. 'Irish' Ireland and 'English' Ireland, D. B. Quinn
23. The Hegemony of the Earls of Kildare, D. B. Quinn
24. The Reemergence of English Policy as a Major Factor in Irish Affairs, 1520-34, D. B. Quinn
25. Literature in Irish, 1169-1534, James Carney
26. Literature in Norman French and English to 1534, Alan Bliss and Joseph Long
27. Architecture and Sculpture, 1169-1603, Edwin C. Rae
28. Manuscripts and Illuminations, 1169-1603, Françoise Henry and Geneviève Marsh-Micheli
29. Coinage, to 1534: The Sign of the Times, Michael Dolley
Bibliography, P. W. A. Asplin
Bibliographical Supplement, P. W. A. Asplin
Index