ABSTRACT

Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia brings together in one authoritative resource the multiple facets of life in Ireland before and after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169, from the sixth to sixteenth century. Multidisciplinary in coverage, this A–Z reference work provides information on historical events, economics, politics, the arts, religion, intellectual history, and many other aspects of the period.

With over 345 essays ranging from 250 to 2,500 words, Medieval Ireland paints a lively and colorful portrait of the time.

For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages website.

chapter |10 pages

ÁEDÁN MAC GABRÁIN (fl. c. 574–606)

chapter |14 pages

AÍFE

chapter |6 pages

ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE, INFLUENCE OF

chapter |5 pages

ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS

chapter |10 pages

ARCHERY

chapter |14 pages

ARMIES

chapter |13 pages

BISHOPS

chapter |8 pages

BRIGIT (c. 452–c. 528)

chapter |4 pages

BURIALS

chapter |4 pages

BURGH

chapter |6 pages

BUTLER-ORMOND

chapter |5 pages

CANON LAW

chapter |8 pages

CASHEL, SYNOD OF II (1172)

chapter |2 pages

CÉITINN, SEATHRÚN

chapter |4 pages

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

chapter |16 pages

CERBALL MAC DÚNLAINGE (d. 888)

chapter |4 pages

CHURCH REFORM, TWELFTH CENTURY

chapter |25 pages

CIARÁN

chapter |2 pages

COLUMBANUS (c. 540–615)

chapter |2 pages

COMMON LAW

chapter |21 pages

COMPERTA

chapter |19 pages

CRANNÓGA/CRANNOGS

chapter |21 pages

DIARMAIT MAC CERBAILL

chapter |10 pages

DÚNS

chapter |17 pages

ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATION

chapter |28 pages

EMAIN MACHA

chapter |26 pages

FINE GALL

chapter |11 pages

FRENCH WRITING IN IRELAND

chapter |6 pages

GENEALOGY

chapter |4 pages

GILLA-PÁTRAIC, BISHOP

chapter |3 pages

GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS (GERALD DE BARRI)

chapter |3 pages

GLENDALOUGH

chapter |35 pages

GORMLAITH (d. 948)

chapter |5 pages

HOUSES

chapter |3 pages

ICONOGRAPHY

chapter |7 pages

IMMRAMA

chapter |10 pages

INVASION MYTH

chapter |23 pages

JEWS IN IRELAND

chapter |2 pages

LACY, DE

chapter |14 pages

LACY, HUGH DE

chapter |5 pages

LAW TEXTS

chapter |5 pages

LEBOR NA HUIDRE

chapter |9 pages

LECAN, YELLOW BOOK OF LEINSTER

chapter |3 pages

LIMERICK

chapter |7 pages

LIONEL OF CLARENCE

chapter |21 pages

LORDSHIP OF IRELAND

chapter |2 pages

MAC MAHON

chapter |17 pages

MAC MURCHADA, DIARMAIT

chapter |11 pages

MÁEL-SECHNAILL I (D. 862)

chapter |13 pages

MANUFACTURING

chapter |5 pages

MEDICINE

chapter |4 pages

METALWORK

chapter |3 pages

METRICS

chapter |21 pages

MILITARY ORDERS

chapter |9 pages

MUIRCHERTACH MAC LIACC

chapter |27 pages

MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE

chapter |11 pages

PARLIAMENT

chapter |13 pages

PENITENTIALS

chapter |10 pages

POETRY, HIBERNO-LATIN

chapter |8 pages

PORTS

chapter |10 pages

PROMONTORY FORTS

chapter |3 pages

RÁITH BRESSAIL, SYNOD OF

chapter |3 pages

RAWLINSON B 502

chapter |15 pages

RECORDS, ADMINISTRATIVE

chapter |5 pages

RENAISSANCE

chapter |23 pages

RINGFORTS

chapter |14 pages

SERFS SHEELA-NA-GIG

chapter |18 pages

SOCIETY, FUNCTIONING OF GAELIC

chapter |13 pages

TAPESTRIES

chapter |14 pages

TRIBES

chapter |1 pages

UA CATHÁIN

chapter |14 pages

UÍ BRIÚIN

chapter |12 pages

ULAID

chapter |29 pages

VALENCE, DE

chapter |3 pages

WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC

chapter |8 pages

WOMEN