Medieval Ireland : territorial, political and economic divisions / Paul MacCotter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacCotter, Paul.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--History--To 1603.

Ireland.

History.

Physical Description:

320 pages : maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2008.

Summary:

Describes the socio-political and economic system of Gaelic Ireland as it developed during the period from its earliest history until the Anglo-Norman invasion.

Contents:

2 Methodology of cantred and tricha cet reconstruction 26

3 The relationship between cantred and tricha cet 39

4 Pre-invasion Irish political and territorial divisions: tricha cet, tuath and baile biataig 45

5 The baile-estate and its descendant, the villate 58

6 Origins 88

7 The 'hundred systems' of northern Europe 109

Gazetteer of the cantreds, tricha cets and local kingdoms of Ireland 125

1 The poem 'How many triuchas in Ireland?' 255

2 Atlas of the cantreds of Ireland and construction notes 257

3 Crichad an Chaoilli 265

4 The relationship between cantred and rural deanery 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-289) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781846820984

1846820987

OCLC:

191927425