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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1997.
Full Description
The castles of Ireland are an essential part of the study of medieval Europe, but were, until recently, a subject neglected by scholars. A lord's power and prestige were 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 lordship: English and Irish; feudal European and Gaelic; royal and baronial. Tom McNeill argues that the design of the castles contest the traditional view of Ireland as a land torn by war and divided culturally between the English and Irish.
Contents
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
