Government, War and Society in Medieval Ireland

Essays by Edmund Curtis, A.J. Otway-Ruthven and James Lydon

Peter Crooks

• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Year: 2019
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781846828317
• Subtopic: European Medieval History
• Index: History

In the late twelfth century, Ireland was absorbed into the dominions of the kings of England. This transformed the social and political life of the island, with implications that resonate to the present day. How are we to interpret this formative period of Irish history? In the course of the twentieth century, three successive occupants of the Lecky chair of history in Trinity College Dublin sought to provide answers. Modern scholarship remains deeply indebted to the work of Edmund Curtis, A.J. Otway-Ruthven and James Lydon. This volume brings together twenty-one of their most influential essays on the social, institutional and political character of the English colony in medieval Ireland. The editor's introduction explores the careers of 'The Lecky Professors' and assesses their intellectual legacy. An indispensable collection of essays for all those interested in the history of Ireland and Britain in the Middle Ages, this paperback new edition contains a bibliographical essay by the editor, which offers a guide to works published between 2008 and 2018.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Table of contents
• List of illustration
• Acknowledgments
• Note on editorial conventions
• Abbreviations and conventions
• Manuscripts and records cited
• Introduction to second edition: on bumper crops and stiffening winds:a bibliographical essay
• Introduction: the Lecky Professors
• Prologue: Irish history and its popular versions
• 1. Ireland and the English crown, 1171–1541
• 2. The chief governors of medieval Ireland
• 3. William of Windsor and the Irish parliament
• 4. The medieval Irish chancery
• 5. Anglo-Irish shire government in the thirteenth century
• 6. The native Irish and English law in medieval Ireland
• 7. Knight service in Ireland
• 8. Royal service in Ireland
• 9. The hobelar: an Irish contribution to medieval warfare
• 10. An Irish army in Scotland, 1296
• 11. Irish levies in the Scottish wars, 1296–1302
• 12. Edward I, Ireland and the war in Scotland, 1303–1304
• 13. Richard II’s expeditions to Ireland
• 14. Richard, duke of York, as viceroy of Ireland,1447‒1460: with unpublished materials for hisrelations with the native chiefs
• 15. The character of Norman settlement in Ireland
• 16. The organization of Anglo-Irish agriculture in the Middle Ages
• 17. The English and Ostmen in Ireland
• 18. The clan system among the English settlers in Ireland
• 19. The spoken languages of medieval Ireland
• 20. The problem of the frontier in medieval Ireland
• 21. The middle nation
• Further reading: government, war and society in English Ireland,1171–1541: a guide to recent work
• Index