Early Christian Ireland (Cambridge History of Ireland)

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Maps......Page 10
Tables......Page 11
Figures......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 15
A note on pronunciation......Page 18
A note on the Chronicle of Ireland......Page 21
Introduction......Page 23
CHAPTER ONE Ireland in the seventh century: a tour......Page 30
(I) THE LANDS OF THE SOUTHERN UÍ NÉILL......Page 37
(II) THE LANDS OF THE CONNACHTA106......Page 58
(III) THE NORTH–EAST161......Page 76
(I) FREE AND UNFREE, NOBLE AND COMMONER......Page 90
(II) COMMUNITIES......Page 102
(a) Kinship......Page 106
(b) Gens......Page 118
(c) Neighbours......Page 122
(d) Túath......Page 124
(e) The household (muinter)......Page 128
(f)The retinue, the warband and the company of boys (déis, fían and macrad)......Page 134
(g) Fosterage......Page 137
(h) Church and monastery......Page 139
(i) THE PROBLEM OF INCOMMENSURABLE STATUS......Page 146
(II) THE HIERARCHIES OF STATUS......Page 151
(III) HONOUR AND MORAL VALUES......Page 158
(i) FROM THE LATE IRON AGE TO EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND......Page 167
(II) IRISH SETTLEMENTS IN BRITAIN......Page 180
(III) LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY IN WESTERN BRITAIN......Page 185
(IV) THE OGAM INSCRIPTIONS IN IRELAND AND THE BEGINNINGS OF IRISH LITERACY......Page 194
(V) THE LATIN CULTURE OF IRELAND AND BRITAIN BEFORE 600......Page 198
CHAPTER FIVE Conversion to Christianity......Page 204
(i) THE EVIDENCE......Page 205
(II) CONVERSION AND CULTURE......Page 207
(III) PALLADIUS83......Page 224
(IV) PATRICK......Page 236
(V) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSION......Page 255
(I) BISHOPS AND MONASTIC PARUCHIAE......Page 263
(II) SCHOLARS, BISHOPS AND ABBOTS......Page 286
(III) BISHOPS, SCRIBES, SCHOLARS AND THE TÚATH......Page 293
CHAPTER SEVEN Columba, Iona and Lindisfarne......Page 304
(I) THE SOURCES......Page 305
(II) COLUMBA'S EDUCATION......Page 312
(III) THE FOUNDATION OF IONA......Page 315
(IV) COLUMBA AND THE PICTS......Page 321
(V) IONA AND THE ENGLISH......Page 330
(VI) INSULAR ART......Page 348
CHAPTER EIGHT Columbanus and his disciples......Page 366
(I) TIME, POWER AND THE CALENDER......Page 413
(II) EXEGESIS......Page 418
(III) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY......Page 427
(IV) THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUES......Page 433
(I) BISHOPS, METROPOLITANS AND ARCHBISHOPS......Page 438
(II) THE COLLECTIO CANONUM HIBERNENSIS AND THE BOOK OF THE ANGEL......Page 443
(III) KILDARE AND THE ROMANI......Page 450
(IV) THE CLAIMS OF WILFRID AND THEODORE......Page 451
(V) THE DATING OF THE IRISH TEXTS RELEVANT TO THE ISSUE OF AN IRISH ARCHBISHOPRIC......Page 460
CHAPTER ELEVEN The origins and rise of the Uí Néill......Page 463
(I) PERCEPTIONS OF TARA......Page 491
(II) TARA AND TAILTIU......Page 498
(III) TARA AND THE KINGSHIP OF IRELAND......Page 503
(IV) DRUIMM CETE, THE UÍ NÉILL AND OSRAIGE......Page 510
VEDDELLEMETTO MU/ CI/LOGIDDEAS/AVVI MUNICCONA......Page 511
(V) THE PARTIALITY OF BAILE CHUINN......Page 513
(VI) NON-UÍ NÉILL KINGS OF TARA......Page 516
(VII) THE ANNALS AND THE KING-LISTS......Page 523
(VIII) VARIATIONS IN THE POWER OF THE KING OF TARA......Page 529
(IX) THE AIRGÍALLA AND THE UÍ NÉILL......Page 534
(X) THE KINGSHIP OF TARA IN THE LAWS......Page 540
CHAPTER THIRTEEN The powers of kings......Page 544
(I) THE FISCAL RESOURCES OF KINGS......Page 547
(II) FREE PEOPLES AND 'BASE-CLIENT PEOPLES'......Page 552
(III) FRITHFOLAD MUMAN......Page 556
(IV) FORTÚATHA, 'EXTERNAL PEOPLES'......Page 570
(V) THE ÓENACH......Page 578
(VI) THE CÁIN......Page 581
(VII) THE POWER OF THE UÍ NÉILL IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY......Page 591
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Conclusion......Page 608
APPENDIX Genealogies and king-lists......Page 622
Glossary: Irish and Latin......Page 652
Common personal names......Page 653
The names of the principal kingdoms, peoples and dynasties......Page 654
PRINTED SOURCES......Page 657
SECONDARY WORKS......Page 665
Index......Page 693