Britain and Ireland, 900-1300 : insular responses to medieval European change / edited by Brendan Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Brendan, 1963- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture diffusion--History--To 1500.

Culture diffusion.

Social change--History--To 1500.

Social change.

Civilization, Medieval.

Great Britain--Civilization--1066-1485.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Civilization--European influences.

Ireland--Civilization--European influences.

Ireland.

Great Britain--Civilization--To 1066.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 283 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Britain & Ireland, 900-1300

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is a growing interest in the history of relations between the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish as the United Kingdom and Ireland begin to construct new political arrangements and to become more fully integrated into Europe. This book brings together work on how these relations developed between 900 and 1300, a period crucial for the formation of national identities. The conquest of England by the Normans and the subsequent growth in English power required the inhabitants of Britain and Ireland to reassess their dealings with each other. Old ties were broken and new ones formed. Economic change, the influence of chivalry, the transmission of literary motifs, and questions of aristocratic identity are among the topics tackled here by leading scholars from Britain, Ireland and North America. Little has been published hitherto on this subject, and the book marks a major contribution to a topic of lasting interest.

Contents:

The effect of Scandinavian raiders on the English and Irish churches: a preliminary reassessment / Alfred P. Smyth

The changing economy of the Irish Sea province / Benjamin T. Hudson

Cults of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh saints in twelfth-century England / Robert Bartlett

Sea-divided Gaels? constructing relationships between Irish and Scots, c 800-1169 / Maire Herbert

The 1169 invasion as a turning-point in Irish Welsh relations / Seán Duffy

Killing and mutilating political enemies in the British Isles from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century: a comparative study / John Gillingham

Anglo-French acculturation and the Irish element in Scottish identity / Dauvit Broun

John de Courcy, the first Ulster plantation and Irish church men / Marie Therese Flanagan

Coming in from the margins: the descendants of Somerled and cultural accommodation in the Hebrides, 1164-1317 / R. Andrew McDonald

Nobility and identity in medieval Britain and Ireland: the de Vescy family, c. 1120-1314 / Keith J. Stringer.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-263) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11356-3

1-280-15884-0

0-511-11657-8

0-511-02085-6

0-511-14998-0

0-511-30995-3

0-511-49562-5

0-511-05379-7

OCLC:

437072970