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Tables of Contents for Medieval Ireland
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Maps
viii
Foreword
ix
Proinseas Ni Chathain
Acknowledgements
x
Preface to the English edition
xi
The Celts
1
6
PART I EARLY IRELAND (BEFORE c. A.D. 500)
Ireland in Prehistoric Times
7
19
The Country
7
2
The Population
9
1
The Celtic Languages
10
1
The Irish Language (Goedelic, Gaelic)
11
2
Aristocratic Society in pre-Christian Times ('Heroic Age')
13
3
Social Stratification
16
6
Settlement
22
1
A Celtic Society?
23
3
Political Developments in Early Times
26
17
Britain after the Romans
27
2
Irish Expansion into Britain
29
3
The Political Organisation of Ireland
32
1
The Rise of the Ui Neill
33
5
Chaos?
38
5
PART II IRELAND IN THE FIRST PART OF THE MIDDLE AGES (c. A.D. 500--1100)
The Beginnings of Christianity in Ireland
43
7
The Formation of the Early Irish Church
50
18
Monastic Founders
50
4
Colum Cille (Columba the Elder, 521/22--597)
54
2
Columbanus (Columba the Younger, 543--615)
56
3
Some Aspects of the Early Irish Church
59
3
Peregrinatio -- Origins and Significance
62
2
Ireland -- a Christian Country?
64
4
Christian Ireland in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries
68
29
Adoption of the Latin Language: Insular Latin
69
2
Biblical Texts and Bible Studies
71
4
The Penitentials
75
3
The Beginnings of Latin Literature
78
4
The Annals
82
3
Writings on the Subject of Kingship
85
2
The Secular Law Tracts
87
3
The Irish Canon Law Collection
90
2
Art
92
2
Ireland and her Neighbours
94
3
Secularisation and Reform in the Eighth Century
97
8
The Rise of Armagh
97
3
The Reform of the Church (Celi De)
100
5
The Age of the Vikings
105
16
PART III IRELAND IN THE SECOND PART OF THE MIDDLE AGES (c. 1100--1500)
Ireland Under Foreign Influence: The Twelfth Century
121
19
Ireland as seen by a Foreigner
121
5
The Reform of the Irish Church
126
3
The English Intervention in Ireland
129
5
Dublin in the Late Twelfth Century
134
3
Intellectual Life
137
3
Ireland from the Reign of John to the Statutes of Kilkenny
140
32
The New Lords
142
8
The Limits of Expansion
150
5
The Church
155
3
The First Crisis: Edward Bruce in Ireland (1315--18)
158
4
Ireland in the Reign of Edward III
162
5
Irish Society: Old and New Structures
167
5
The End of the Middle Ages
172
17
The End of the Lordship
172
3
Ireland outside the Lordship
175
2
Ireland as a Land of Travel
177
2
Education
179
1
The Augustinian Order in Connacht in the Fifteenth Century
180
1
Society
181
2
The Learned Tradition
183
6
The Enduring Tradition
189
5
Abbreviations and Sigla
194
1
Bibliography and References
195
8
List of Irish words
203
3
Index
206