Zusatztext Review from previous edition `Both the findings and the angles of attack on Irish political history are truly up to date.' Informationen zum Autor R. F. Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Hertford College. His previous books include Charles Stewart Parnell: The Man and his Family (1976), Lord Randolph Churchill: A Political Life (1981), Modern Ireland, 1600-1972 (1988), and W. B. Yeats: Volume I (1997). He is currently working on volume II of the authorized biography of W. B. Yeats, to be published by Oxford University Press. Klappentext Under the editorship of R. F. Foster, a team of distinguished Irish historians has produced a challenging assessment of Ireland's history, invaluable for the student and general reader alike. Their approach stresses the ancient, rooted nature of Irish culture, but also looks beyond received ideas of Irish history to explore the patterns of fragmentation and change which have been characteristic of Ireland's past. The long-contested question of Irish identity and its relation to language is also fruitfully examined. The text of this book, originally published in The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland, is usefully supplemented with a chronology of Irish history, maps, and suggestions for further reading. Zusammenfassung This work stresses the ancient, rooted nature of Irish culture, but also looks beyond received ideas of Irish history to explore the patterns of fragmentation and change which have been characteristic of Ireland's past. The text is supplemented with a chronology of Irish history, and maps. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.: Donnchadh O Corrain: Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland2.: Katharine Simms: The Norman Invasion and the Gaelic Recovery3.: Nicholas Canny: Early Modern Ireland, c. 1500-17004.: R. F. Foster: Ascendancy and Union5.: David Fitzpatrick: Ireland Since 18706.: Declan Kiberd: Irish Literature and Irish HistoryFurther ReadingChronologyIndex...

Autorentext

R. F. Foster is Carroll Professor of Irish History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Hertford College. His previous books include Charles Stewart Parnell: The Man and his Family (1976), Lord Randolph Churchill: A Political Life (1981), Modern Ireland, 1600-1972 (1988), and W. B. Yeats: Volume I (1997). He is currently working on volume II of the authorized biography of W. B. Yeats, to be published by Oxford University Press.

Klappentext

Under the editorship of R. F. Foster, a team of distinguished Irish historians has produced a challenging assessment of Ireland's history, invaluable for the student and general reader alike. Their approach stresses the ancient, rooted nature of Irish culture, but also looks beyond received ideas of Irish history to explore the patterns of fragmentation and change which have been characteristic of Ireland's past. The long-contested question of Irish identity and its relation to language is also fruitfully examined. The text of this book, originally published in The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland, is usefully supplemented with a chronology of Irish history, maps, and suggestions for further reading.

Zusammenfassung
This work stresses the ancient, rooted nature of Irish culture, but also looks beyond received ideas of Irish history to explore the patterns of fragmentation and change which have been characteristic of Ireland's past. The text is supplemented with a chronology of Irish history, and maps.

Inhalt

• 1.: Donnchadh O Corrain: Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland

• 2.: Katharine Simms: The Norman Invasion and the Gaelic Recovery

• 3.: Nicholas Canny: Early Modern Ireland, c. 1500-1700

• 4.: R. F. Foster: Ascendancy and Union

• 5.: David Fitzpatrick: Ireland Since 1870

• 6.: Declan Kiberd: Irish Literature and Irish History

• Further Reading

• Chronology

• Index