The royal manors of medieval Co. Dublin : crown and community / Áine Foley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foley, Áine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manors--Ireland--Dublin (County)--History.

Manors.

History.

Dublin (Ireland : County)--History--To 1500.

Dublin (Ireland : County).

Ireland--History--To 1500.

Ireland.

Ireland--Dublin (County).

Physical Description:

xiv, 226 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Royal manors of medieval County Dublin

Place of Publication:

Dublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, 2013.

Summary:

This book is the first full-length study of the royal manors of Crumlin, Esker, Saggart and Newcastle Lyons (all in south Co. Dublin) in the period 1170 to 1400. Following the conquest of Ireland in the late twelfth century, these manors represented the largest direct stake that the king of England maintained in his oft-neglected lordship of Ireland, and they remained in the personal gift of the crown for the rest of the medieval period. More than any other part of Ireland, the royal manors capture in microcosm the complexity of England's troubled relationship with its colony and it is remarkable that they have not hitherto been the subject of intensive investigation. This book seeks to remedy that defect and to contribute to our understanding of the dynamics of Anglo-Irish society in the later Middle Ages. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The royal demesne in Ireland: settlement and sources 1

2 The hinterland of Dublin: from Dyflinnarskíri to royal demesne, continuity and change 23

3 Patronage and the royal manors 41

4 Manorial administration in the fourteenth century 80

5 The royal manors and the city of Dublin 114

6 Living on the edge: outsiders on the royal manors 141

7 Crisis and continuity: the royal manors in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781846823886

1846823889

OCLC:

856578826