Clerical and learned lineages of medieval Co. Clare : a survey of the fifteenth-century papal registers / Luke McInerney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McInerney, Luke, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Ireland--History--To 1500.

Catholic Church.

History.

Ireland--Church history--600-1500.

Ireland.

Church history.

Physical Description:

xx, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Medieval Co. Clare

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, [2014].

Summary:

In this book, Luke McInerney takes a timely and refreshing look at Robin Flower's proposition that there was an unbroken link between hereditary learned families and the medieval Irish Church. The book takes this as its core argument and marshals an array of sources to develop the proposition by surveying 15th-century church appointments in Co. Clare.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Early monastic foundations of Co. Clare 6

3 Termon lands of Co. Clare 18

4 Coarbships and erenaghships: functions, revenue and status 59

5 Impact of church reform in Co. Clare 81

6 Hereditary kindreds of Co. Clare 95

7 Secular lineages and clerical appointments 127

8 Hereditary succession in the papal registers 181

9 Personal nomenclature in the papal registers 205

10 Concluding remarks 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index.

ISBN:

1846823919

9781846823916

OCLC:

881476286