Offers fresh perspectives on the political, military, religious, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and environmental history of modern Ireland.

Provides new, authoritative and original interpretations of a crucial phase in the emergence of a modern Ireland.

Covering almost one thousand years, this volume explores the political, cultural, economic, religious and social history of medieval Ireland.

Offers fresh perspectives on the political, military, religious, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and environmental history of early modern Ireland.

This authoritative and engaging four-volume history vividly presents the Irish story - or stories - from c.600 to the present.