A New History of Ireland, Volume II: Medieval Ireland 1169-1534 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199539703)

A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day.

Volume II opens with a character study of medieval Ireland and a panoramic view of the country c.1169, followed by nineteen chapters of narrative history, with a survey of "Land and People, c.1300." There are further chapters on Gaelic and colonial society, economy and trade, literature in Irish, French, and English, architecture and sculpture, manuscripts and illuminations, and coinage.

Author: Art Cosgrove
ISBN-10: 0199539707
ISBN-13: 9780199539703
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2008
Pages: 1114
Format: Paperback
Weight: 3.55lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 2.30d