In Cattle Lords and Clansmen, Nerys Patterson provides an analysis of the social structure of medieval Ireland, focusing on the pre-Norman period. By combining difficult, often fragmentary primary sources with sociological and anthropological methods, Patterson produces a unique approach to the study of early Ireland—one that challenges previous scholarship. The second edition includes a chapter on seasonal rhythm, material derived from Patterson's post-1991 publications, and an updated bibliography.
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Publisher
University of Notre Dame PressYear
1994Print ISBN
9780268008000
9780268205874
eBook ISBN
9780268161460
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface to the second edition.
- Abbreviations
- 1 Reconstructing Early Irish Society: Sources and Scholarship
- 2 The Development of Early Irish Law and Society
- 3 The Material Context of Social Relations
- 4 The Spatial Organization of Society
- 5 The Seasonal Rhythms of Social Life
- 6 The Political Economy: Clientship
- 7 Rank
- 8 Close Kin and Neighbors: Gelfhine and Comaithches
- 9 The Forms of Irish Kinship
- 10 The Corporate Fine: Control of Economic Action
- 11 Marriage, Sexual Relations, and the Affiliation of Children
- 12 Kinship and the Proto-State
- Appendix
- Glossary I : Terms for kinship relations.
- Glossary II : Irish terms.
- Bibliography
- Index
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