ColonisationandConquestinMedievalIreland
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- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2006年6月
- ISBN 9780521026628
- 定价 624.10
内容简介
ThisbookexaminesthedevelopmentofEnglishcolonialsocietyintheeasterncoastalareaofIrelandnowknownascountyLouth,intheperiod1170–1330.Atitsheartisthestoryoftworelationships:thatbetweensettlerandnativeinLouth,andthatbetweenthesettlersandEngland.AnimportantpartofthestoryisthecomparisonwithpartsofBritainwhichwitnessedsimilarEnglishcolonization.FiftyyearsbeforethearrivaloftheEnglish,LouthwasincorporatedintotheIrishkingdomofAirgialla,experiencingrapidchangeinthepoliticalandecclesiasticalspheresunderitsdynamicrulerDonnchadUaCerbaill.TheimpactofthislegacyonEnglishsettlementisgivendueprominence.Thebookalsoexploresthereasonswhywell-to-domembersoflocalsocietyintheWestMidlandsofEnglandinthereignsofHenryIIandhissonswerepreparedtobecomeinvolvedintheIrishadventure.
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