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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9780199267071 |
| Book Subtitle | Texts And Contexts |
| Book Description | The Latin charters issued by Irish kings in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, although comparatively few in number, constitute an important body of evidence owing to the scarcity of Irish documentary sources by contrast with narrative, annalistic and literary texts. Their value is greatly enhanced by the fact that chronologically they span the traditional historiographical division between pre-Anglo-Norman and post-Anglo-Norman Ireland and in form are comparable with the charters generated by the English crown and Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland from 1167 onwards. They therefore contribute to a more balanced assessment of Irish society on the eve on Anglo-Norman intervention in Ireland. The context for the introduction of the Latin charter undoubtedly was the ecclesiastical reform movement that dominated western Christendom from about 1050 onwards and which began to have a discernible impact on the Irish church from no later than c.1100. All the extant Irish royal charters were issued in favour of ecclesiastical beneficiaries and were demonstrably a product of collaboration between Irish kings and reformist clergy. Irish kings, however, were not merely passive recipients of this new documentary reform. They proved adept at exploiting it as a vehicle for their self-promotion and expansion of royal authority. German imperial chancery practice, for example, provided the stylistic model for a charter issued by Diarmait Mac Carthaig, king of Desmond c.1173x7. The known involvement of Diarmait's family with the Schottenkloester of Southern Germany affords a ready explanation for what might otherwise appear to be surprising German influence. The Irish royal charters materially advance understanding of aspects of the ecclesiastical and secular politics of twelfth-century Ireland. This is the first modern edition of the texts, exploring textual transmission and authenticating criteria and providing commentary on their content and historical significance together with detailed annotations of personal and place-names |
| Editorial Review | ...the scholarship evident in Irish Royal Charters should go a long way toward Flanagan's stated aims of gaining recognition for these texts as an important, if small, corpus in their own right, and one that deserves greater understanding at home and greater standing abroad. * Ecclesiastical History * Patient, long-term scholarship has gone into the making of this book, and the result is quite exceptionally rich and satisfying. It transforms the historiography of twelfth and thirteenth-century Ireland. * Irish Economic and Social History |
| Language | English |
| Author | Flanagan, Marie Therese |
| Editor | Marie Therese Flanagan |
| Publication Date | 23 Feb 2006 |
| Number of Pages | 468 |
Irish Royal Charters: Texts And Contexts Hardcover English by Flanagan, Marie Therese - 23 Feb 2006
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