Irish Society, Anglo-Norman Settlers, Angevin Kingship: Interactions in Ireland in the Late Twelfth Century

By Marie Therese Flanagan

In this study of Anglo-Norman intervention in Ireland during the reign of Henry II (1154-89), Flanagan explores the origins of the political link between Ireland and the English crown. She focuses on the reasons why Diarmait Mac Murchada, the exiled king of Leinster, hired Anglo-Norman mercenaries to help him regain his kingdom; why Anglo-Norman settlers from South Wales accepted his offer of employment in Ireland; and why this in turn provoked a reaction from King Henry II, who intervened in person in Ireland in 1171-72. Drawing on evidence from both 12th-century Irish and Anglo-Norman sources, Flanagan bridges the artificial division between the pre-Norman and post-Norman periods in Ireland.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198221541
• ISBN13: 9780198221548
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.8"