Landscapes of the learned : placing Gaelic literati in Irish lordships 1300-1600 / Elizabeth FitzPatrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

FitzPatrick, Elizabeth, 1960- author.

Series:

Medieval history and archaeology.

Oxford scholarship online.

Medieval history and archaeology

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--Ireland--History--To 1500.

Social classes.

Social classes--Ireland--History--16th century.

Landscape archaeology--Ireland.

Landscape archaeology.

Ireland--Intellectual life--To 1500.

Ireland.

Ireland--Intellectual life--16th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Gaelic literati were an elite group in the social hierarchy of late medieval and early modern northern European societies, influencing many areas of public life, including education, law, medicine, farming, culture, and politics. FitzPatrick explores the archaeological and historical records to understand this intellectual culture and exercise of power.

Contents:

Cover

Landscapes of the Learned: Placing Gaelic Literati in Irish Lordships 1300-1600

Copyright

Dedication

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

CONVENTIONS

CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

GEOGRAPHICAL TEMPLATE

IRISH SPELLING

ABBREVIATIONS

1. Introduction: Place, Roles, and Lifeways

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.0.1 The brief of Landscapes of the Learned

1.0.2 A note on sources used in this work

1.1 DEFINING THE LEARNED

1.2 A NEW APPROACH

1.2.1 Theorizing relationships between territory and learned kindreds

1.3 LAND AND THE LEARNED

2. The Domain of Literati in the Landscape of Lordship

2.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0.1 Literati and borderscapes

2.1 PRESERVING THE PEDIGREE OF PREMIER BORDERLANDS

2.1.1 Learned kindreds of the Erne estuary landscape of Tír Conaill

2.1.2 Poets in the landscape of Slieve Callan

2.1.3 Literati in the landscape of Lough Gill

2.2 PLACES OF POLITICAL ASSEMBLY

2.3 POETS, STORIED TOPOGRAPHIES, AND MONUMENTS

2.4 CONCLUSIONS

3. Estate Landscapes of the Learned

3.0 INTRODUCTION

3.1 THE SCALE AND ORGANIZATION OF ESTATES

3.2 ESTATE PROFILES FROM TEXT TO LANDSCAPE

3.2.1 Ballaghdacker

3.2.2 Cahermacnaghten

3.3 FARMING ON ESTATES

3.3.1 The Park

3.4 NATURAL RESOURCES ON ESTATES

3.5 CONCLUSIONS

4. Dwellings of Literati

4.0 INTRODUCTION

4.1 SETTLEMENT ENCLOSURES: CAISEL, RÁTH, LIOS

4.2 CAHERMACNAGHTEN: RESIDENCE OF A LEGAL KINDRED

4.2.1 A structural history of the caisel

4.2.2 The gate-house

4.2.3 Buildings of the garth

4.3 THE LEARNED COURT OF THE CHIEF'S PAILÍS

4.4 LEARNED KINDREDS AND LAKE-ISLANDS

4.4.1 Learned churchmen, guesting, and lake-island dwellings

4.4.2 The crannóg as poet's residence and guest-house

4.5 TOWER-HOUSES AND FORTIFIED SETTLEMENTS OF LITERATI

4.6 CONCLUSIONS.

5. Church Space for Learned Occupations

5.0 INTRODUCTION

5.1 THE PROBLEM OF SPACE FOR LEARNING IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHURCHES

5.2 LITERATI AND CHURCHES FROM PARISH FORMATION TO PROTESTANT REFORMATION

5.2.1 The churches of Inishmore and Killerry

5.2.2 Saint Bairrfhionn's borderland church at Kilbarron

5.2.3 Saint Breacán's Chapel at Toomullin

5.2.4 The parish church of Smarmore in a march of the English colony

5.3 CONCLUSIONS

6. Designated School-Houses

6.0 INTRODUCTION

6.1 SCHOOL-HOUSES OF LEGAL KINDREDS

6.1.1 Teach Breac on the Cahermacnaghten estate

6.1.2 Law school-houses at Park and Ballyorley

6.1.3 Ballymacegan and the capital of brehon law

6.2 A SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

6.3 SCHOOLS OF POETRY

6.3.1 The Ó Dálaigh school of poetry at Dromnea

6.4 CONCLUSIONS

7. Conclusion: A Place for the Learned

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

MANUSCRIPT SOURCES

REPORTS

ONLINE SOURCES

SECONDARY WORKS

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

INDEX OF PEOPLE

INDEX OF PLACES.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 22, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: FitzPatrick, Elizabeth Landscapes of the Learned

ISBN:

0-19-194617-6

0-19-266828-5

0-19-266827-7

OCLC:

1376934529