Medieval Ireland 1014-1534

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Contents 1 Lecture Notes 1.1 Michaelmas Lectures 1.2 Hilary Lectures 2 Tutorial work 3 Essays 4 Past Papers 5 Exam Revision Notes

Lecture Notes

Michaelmas Lectures

• Introduction to the course
• Ireland and Europe in 1014
• Eleventh-century politics
• Irish ring forts and crannogs
• Eleventh-century Irish society
• The question of the town in pre-Normand Ireland
• The O Brian High Kings
• Twelfth-century renaissance
• The reorganisation of the Church
• The rise of Dublin and Leinster
• The Anglo-Norman Invasion
• Henry II and Ireland
• The church divided
• Anglo-Norman military control
• King John and Ireland
• The Lordship of Ireland : its rural settlements
• The thirteenth century reaction to conquest
• Society and economy of the Lordship

Hilary Lectures

• Expansion of the Colony
• Mid-thirteenth-century revolts
• The culture of the colony
• Edward I and Ireland
• The archaeology of the Anglo-Norman church
• Anglo-Norman towns
• The Bruce invasion
• The Gaelic resurgence in the fourteenth-century
• Nationalism, culture and identity 1 : Degeneracy
• Nationalism, culture and identity 2 : Anglicisation
• Lionel of Clarence
• William of Windsor
• Late medieval Irish fortifications
• Tower houses and other fortified dwellings in Ireland
• Reign of Richard II
• Submission of the Irish chiefs to Richard II
• The Pale and beyond
• Gaelic culture and learning

Tutorial work

• To be added

Essays

• To what extent did Ireland participate in the twelfth century Renaissance?

submitted by Laura Buttigieg - 70%

• 'In many ways, Muirchertach O Briain was a great king: ultimately he was a failure' (Donnchadh O Corrain, Ireland before the Normans, p. 149). Discuss.

submitted by Felix-Sherrington-Kendall - 64%

• The influence of secular politics on the twelfth century Synods in the Irish Church.

submitted by Aengus Kerrin - 58%

• How important a part did Dublin play in the English conquest of Ireland?

submitted by Benjamin Rodger - 61%

• An evaluation of, and the limitations on, the power of the high king in pre-Norman Ireland

submitted by David Evans - 58%

• Analyse the power of the high-kings of pre-norman Ireland

submitted by Felim McGrath - 68%

Past Papers

Rough breakdown of the topics appearing over the past few years: click here.

Download: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Exam Revision Notes

• Selection of notes, various contributors

Including notes on: Irish government 1470-1534, degeneracy, Dermot MacMurrough, Edward III and Ireland, the Gaelic revival, the Church in pre- and post-Norman Ireland, tower houses, and two sections on The Pale. PLUS Henry II, Richard II and pre-Norman urban and rural settlement