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Medieval and monastic Derry : sixth century to 1600 /

By: Lacey, Brian.
Publisher: Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2013Description: x, 166 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781846823831; 9781846823831:; 1846823838.Subject(s): Derry (Northern Ireland) -- History | Derry (Northern Ireland) -- History -- To 1500 | Derry (Northern Ireland) -- History -- 16th centuryDDC classification: 941.6
Contents:
Abbreviations -- Introduction and acknowledgements -- 1 : the 'island' of Derry -- 2 : the legend of the foundation of the momastery -- 3 : the historical evidence : Daire Calgaich and the Cenél Conaill -- 4 : Derry and the CenélnEógain -- 5 : the Mac Lochlainns and Doire Coluim Chille -- 6 : the medieval settlement : its layout and structures -- 7 : Derry in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries -- 8 : Archbishop Colton's visit to Derry in 1397 -- 9 : theUí Domhnaill and the end of medieval Derry -- 10 : memorializing and reinterpreting Columban Derry -- 11 : Summary and conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Brian Lacey has been writing about medieval Derry since the 1980s; in this book, he revisits those studies - revising and augmenting them, examining previously little-used sources and emphasizing Derry's changing fortunes in the contexts of contemporary secular politics.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 941.6 LAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0091911
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Abbreviations -- Introduction and acknowledgements -- 1 : the 'island' of Derry -- 2 : the legend of the foundation of the momastery -- 3 : the historical evidence : Daire Calgaich and the Cenél Conaill -- 4 : Derry and the CenélnEógain -- 5 : the Mac Lochlainns and Doire Coluim Chille -- 6 : the medieval settlement : its layout and structures -- 7 : Derry in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries -- 8 : Archbishop Colton's visit to Derry in 1397 -- 9 : theUí Domhnaill and the end of medieval Derry -- 10 : memorializing and reinterpreting Columban Derry -- 11 : Summary and conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

Brian Lacey has been writing about medieval Derry since the 1980s; in this book, he revisits those studies - revising and augmenting them, examining previously little-used sources and emphasizing Derry's changing fortunes in the contexts of contemporary secular politics.

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