Main entry:

McNeill, T. E., author.

Title & Author:

Castles in Ireland : feudal power in a Gaelic world / Tom McNeill.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Description:

xiii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.
Part I. Early Castles to c. 1225. Before 1166 ; Early castles of stone ; Early castles of earth and timber ; Castles and the establishing of English lordships in Ireland -- Part II. From the Early Thirteenth to the Mid-Fourteenth Century. The central period of English lordship ; Castles in the English fashion ; Castles in a divergent tradition ; Lesser stone castles ; Castles of the Irish ; -- Part IIII. Castles of the Later Middle Ages. The fourteenth century ; Enclosure castles of the later middle ages ; Tower-houses: dates and distribution ; Tower-houses: structure and use ; The later middle ages and the end of castles in Ireland -- Epilogue -- Gazetteer of selected castles.
Wittliff Collections copy is a gift from Cormac McCarthy's personal library by Dennis McCarthy, 2025

Summary:

This book is based on the study of the physical remains of Irish castles. It argues that in each different design the balance of display, comfort or military security tells us much about the builder's view on power and social organisation. It challenges the idea of a widespread state of war in medieval Ireland, between English and Irish or otherwise. It charts the optimism of economic expansion before 1200 AD, when English lords brought the idea of castles to Ireland, through to the reconstructed landscape and society of the more regionally specialised fifteenth century.

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1997.

ISBN:

0415165377 (HB ; alk. paper)
9780415165372 (HB ; alk. paper)
020397364X
9780415228534 (pbk.)
0415228530

Subject:

Power (Social sciences) Ireland History To 1500.
Feudalism Ireland History To 1500.
Castles Ireland History To 1500.
British Ireland History To 1500.
Architecture, Medieval Ireland.
Civilization, Celtic.
Social history Medieval, 500-1500.
Military history, Medieval.
Feudalism Ireland History.
British Ireland History.
Architecture médiévale Irlande.
Civilisation celtique.
15.70 history of Europe.
Architecture, Medieval
British
Castles
Feudalism
Power (Social sciences)
Kastelen.
Feodalisme.
Keltische tijd.
Féodalité Irlande Histoire.
Pouvoir (science sociale) Irlande Histoire.
Châteaux forts Irlande.
Pays celtiques Civilisation.
Ireland History 1172-1603.
Irlande Histoire 1172-1603.
Ireland
Irlande 1172-1603.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Cormac McCarthy Library (Wittliff Collections (Texas State University))
Batsford.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191429
Call No.: ID DA933.M46; ID:97-B2315
Status: Available