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    Medieval Ireland (New Gill History of Ireland 1): The Enduring Tradition – Ireland from the Coming of Christianity to the Reformation
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    Medieval Ireland (New Gill History of Ireland 1): The Enduring Tradition – Ireland from the Coming of Christianity to the Reformation

    By Michael Richter

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    Medieval Ireland – The Enduring Tradition, the first instalment in the New Gill History of Ireland series, offers an overview of Irish history from the coming of Christianity in the fifth century to the Reformation in the sixteenth, concentrating on Ireland’s cultural and social life and highlighting Irish society’s inherent stability in an very unstable period.

    Such a broad survey reveals features otherwise not easily detected. For all the complexity of political developments, Irish society remained basically stable and managed to withstand the onslaught of both the Vikings and the English. The inherent strength of Ireland consisted in the cultural heritage from pre-historic times, which remained influential throughout the centuries discussed in Professor Michael Richter’s engaging and informative book.

    Irish history has traditionally been described either in isolation or in the manner in which it was influenced by outside forces, especially by England. This book strikes a different balance. First, the time span covered is longer than usual, and more attention is paid to the early medieval centuries than to the later period. Secondly, less emphasis is placed in this book on the political or military history of Ireland than on general social and cultural aspects. As a result, a more mature interpretation of medieval Ireland emerges, one in which social and cultural norms inherited from pre-historic times are seen to survive right through the Middle Ages. They gave Irish society a stability and inherent strength unparalleled in Europe. Christianity came in as an additional, enriching factor.

    Medieval Ireland: Table of Contents
    1. The Celts

      2. Part I. Early Ireland (before c. AD 500)
    2. Ireland in Prehistoric Times
    3. Political Developments in Early Times

      4. Part II Ireland in the First Part of the Middle Ages (c. AD 500-1100)
    4. The Beginnings of Christianity in Ireland
    5. The Formation of the Early Irish Church
    6. Christian Ireland in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries
    7. Secularisation and Reform in the Eighth Centuries
    8. The Age of the Vikings

      9. Part III. Ireland in the Second part of the Middle Ages (c.1100-1500)
    9. Ireland under Foreign Influence: The Twelfth Century
    10. Ireland from the Reign of John to the Statutes of Kilkenny
    11. The End of the Middle Ages
    12. The Enduring Tradition
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGill Books
    Release dateSep 27, 2005
    ISBN9780717165759
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    Medieval Ireland (New Gill History of Ireland 1): The Enduring Tradition – Ireland from the Coming of Christianity to the Reformation
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    Michael Richter

    Michael Richter taught medieval history at University College Dublin and the University of Konstanz, Germany. He published a number of works on the medieval period, including Medieval Ireland, Ireland and her Neighbours in the Seventh Century and Bobbio in the early Middle Ages

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      It is a very good overview of a very complicated period. Enough informationj is provided by the author for the casual reader to devle further for more detailed information