ABSTRACT

First published in 1923, this formative history of Ireland is an extensive study of the period from 1086 – 1513. Beginning with the O’Brien High Kinship, Edmund Curtis takes us through the Anglo-Norman conquest and its sequel, ending with the death of Gerald ‘the Great Earl’ of Kildare in 1513, a date when the second English conquest of Ireland (the ‘Tudor Reconquest’) became imminent.

This is a reissue of a definitive landmark study of Irish history by one of greatest Irish historians of the twentieth century.

chapter

Introduction

chapter Chapter I|18 pages

The O'brien High Kingship, 1014–1119

chapter Chapter II|26 pages

Turloch O'connor and the Prelude to the Norman Invasion

chapter Chapter III|20 pages

The Norman Invasion, 1166–1172

chapter Chapter IV|16 pages

The Conquest Continued, 1172–1177

chapter Chapter V|15 pages

John, 'Dominus Hiberniae', 1177–1199

chapter Chapter VI|23 pages

King John and Ireland, 1199–1216

chapter Chapter VII|20 pages

The Expansion of the Colony, 1216–1245

chapter Chapter VIII|17 pages

The First Irish Resurgence, 1245–1272

chapter Chapter IX|22 pages

The English Lordship at Its Height 1272–1310

chapter Chapter X|24 pages

Edward ii and Edward Bruce, 1307–1327

chapter Chapter XI|25 pages

The Rebellious Anglo-Irish, 1327–1360

chapter Chapter XII|21 pages

The Statutes of Kilkenny and the Gaelic Revival

chapter Chapter XIII|30 pages

The Failure of the ‘First Conquest', 1366–1399

chapter Chapter XIV|31 pages

The Failure of the ‘First Conquest', 1366–1399

chapter Chapter XV|28 pages

Aristocratic Home Rule, 1449–1477

chapter Chapter XVI|27 pages

The Great Earl of Kildare, 1477–1513

chapter |12 pages

Conclusion Ireland in 1170 and in 1500