A History of Ireland: From the Earliest Times to 1922

ISBN-13: 9780415048880 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 380 str.

Plantagenet Somerset Fry; Peter Fry

Opis

Beginning in about 6000 BC, this comprehensive history of Ireland spans the ages and takes the reader up to the present day. It covers the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, describing Irish tombs, artefacts and buildings; the arrival of Christianity in Ireland; the Golden Age (500-800 AD) when Irish scholars were the most renowned in Europe; the great Viking period; the takeover of Ireland by Henry II in 1171; the long and painful association with England; the struggle between Protestant and Catholic, colonial settler and native Irishman; and the fight for independence, achieved by the South in 1921.

Recenzje

, ... a welcome introduction for those wishing to embark on a more detailed study.' - Belfast Telegraph

Spis treści

1. Migrations and Monuments: The First 6000 Years 2. Celts and Christians 3. The Viking Contribution 4. The Coming of the Normans 5. Two Nations 6. Tudor Colonists 7. The Irish Dispossessed 8. The Protestant Ascendancy 9. Union 10. The Great Famine 11. The Struggle for Home Rule 12. Blood Sacrifice 13. The Road to Freedom 14. Partition

O autorze

Peter Somerset Fry