Table of Contents

T. M. Charles-Edwards: Introduction: Prehistoric and Early Ireland
1: J. H. Andrews: The Geographical Element in Irish History
2: J. P. Haughton: The Physical Environment
3: M. J. O'Kelly: Ireland before 3000 B.C.
4: M. J. O'Kelly: Neolithic Ireland
5: M. J. O'Kelly: Bronze-Age Ireland
6: Barry Raftery: Iron-Age Ireland
7: Dáibhí Ó Cróinín: Ireland, 400-800
8: Nancy Edwards: The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland, c.400-1169: Settlement and Economy
9: Michael Herity: Early Irish Hermitages, Pilgrimage Sites, and their Ecclesiastical Buildings and Movements
10: Kathleen Hughes: The Church in Irish Society, 400-800
11: T. M. Charles-Edwards: Early Irish Law
12: Dáibhí Ó Cróinín: Hiberno-Latin Literature to 1169
13: Paul Russell: 'What Was Best of Every Language': The Early History of the Irish Language
14: James Carney: Language and Literature to 1169
15: William O'Sullivan: Manuscripts and Palaeography
16: Donnchadh Ó Corráin: Ireland c.800: Aspects of Society
17: F. J. Byrne: The Viking Age
18: Kathleen Hughes: The Irish Church, 800-c.1050
19: F. J. Byrne: Church and Politics, c.750-c.1100
20: Hilary Richardson: Visual Arts and Society
21: Roger Stalley: Ecclesiastical Architecture Before 1169
22: Ann Buckley: Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland
23: Patrick F. Wallace: The Archaeology of Ireland's Viking-Age Towns
24: Michael Kenny: Coins and Coinage in Pre-Norman Ireland
25: F. J. Byrne: Ireland Before the Battle of Clontarf
26: F. J. Byrne: Ireland and her Neighbours, c.1014-c.1072
27: Marie Therese Flanagan: High-Kings with Opposition, 1072-1166
28: A. B. Scott: Latin Learning and Literature in Ireland, 1169-1500
F. J. Byrne, Peter Harbison, and Dáibhí Ó Cróinín: Bibliography
Index

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`Review from previous edition this volume will be an essential source book for many years. The essays are distinguished, well written and well documented, and the bibliography is excellent.'
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