The archaeology of medieval Ireland / T.B. Barry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barry, Terence B.

Series:

University paperbacks.

University paperbacks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ireland.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Archaeology, Medieval.

Ireland--Antiquities.

Ireland.

Ireland--History--1172-1603.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1988, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

`This eagerly awaited book is an outstanding and right up-to-date summary of every excavation and investigation undertaken in Ireland into the earthworks, castles, ecclesiastical buildings and towns of the period from the arrival of the Anglo-Normans to the mid-sixteenth century...a most welcome synthesis and will be valued by the layperson, student and professional archaeologist, historical geographer and historian alike.' Archaeology Ireland

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of plates; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Pre-Norman settlement c.1000 1169; Anglo-Norman military fortifications; Anglo-Norman rural settlement; The growth of medieval towns; The archaeology of the medieval church; The later middle ages: growth or decline?; Future horizons; Notes; Bibliography; Place index; Subject and name index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-98297-6

1-134-98298-4

1-280-05223-6

0-203-40250-2

0-203-33047-1

9780203402504

OCLC:

567855524