Title Landscapes of the learned : placing Gaelic literati in Irish lordships, 1300-1600 / Elizabeth FitzPatrick

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 353 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and color) Series Medieval history and archaeology Medieval history and archaeology. Contents Cover -- Landscapes of the Learned: Placing Gaelic Literati in Irish Lordships 1300-1600 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- CONVENTIONS -- CHRONOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK -- GEOGRAPHICAL TEMPLATE -- IRISH SPELLING -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Introduction: Place, Roles, and Lifeways -- 1.0 INTRODUCTION -- 1.0.1 The brief of Landscapes of the Learned -- 1.0.2 A note on sources used in this work -- 1.1 DEFINING THE LEARNED -- 1.2 A NEW APPROACH -- 1.2.1 Theorizing relationships between territory and learned kindreds 1.3 LAND AND THE LEARNED -- 2. The Domain of Literati in the Landscape of Lordship -- 2.0 INTRODUCTION -- 2.0.1 Literati and borderscapes -- 2.1 PRESERVING THE PEDIGREE OF PREMIER BORDERLANDS -- 2.1.1 Learned kindreds of the Erne estuary landscape of Tír Conaill -- 2.1.2 Poets in the landscape of Slieve Callan -- 2.1.3 Literati in the landscape of Lough Gill -- 2.2 PLACES OF POLITICAL ASSEMBLY -- 2.3 POETS, STORIED TOPOGRAPHIES, AND MONUMENTS -- 2.4 CONCLUSIONS -- 3. Estate Landscapes of the Learned -- 3.0 INTRODUCTION -- 3.1 THE SCALE AND ORGANIZATION OF ESTATES 3.2 ESTATE PROFILES FROM TEXT TO LANDSCAPE -- 3.2.1 Ballaghdacker -- 3.2.2 Cahermacnaghten -- 3.3 FARMING ON ESTATES -- 3.3.1 The Park -- 3.4 NATURAL RESOURCES ON ESTATES -- 3.5 CONCLUSIONS -- 4. Dwellings of Literati -- 4.0 INTRODUCTION -- 4.1 SETTLEMENT ENCLOSURES: CAISEL, RÁTH, LIOS -- 4.2 CAHERMACNAGHTEN: RESIDENCE OF A LEGAL KINDRED -- 4.2.1 A structural history of the caisel -- 4.2.2 The gate-house -- 4.2.3 Buildings of the garth -- 4.3 THE LEARNED COURT OF THE CHIEF'S PAILÍS -- 4.4 LEARNED KINDREDS AND LAKE-ISLANDS -- 4.4.1 Learned churchmen, guesting, and lake-island dwellings 4.4.2 The crannóg as poet's residence and guest-house -- 4.5 TOWER-HOUSES AND FORTIFIED SETTLEMENTS OF LITERATI -- 4.6 CONCLUSIONS -- 5. Church Space for Learned Occupations -- 5.0 INTRODUCTION -- 5.1 THE PROBLEM OF SPACE FOR LEARNING IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHURCHES -- 5.2 LITERATI AND CHURCHES FROM PARISH FORMATION TO PROTESTANT REFORMATION -- 5.2.1 The churches of Inishmore and Killerry -- 5.2.2 Saint Bairrfhionn's borderland church at Kilbarron -- 5.2.3 Saint Breacán's Chapel at Toomullin -- 5.2.4 The parish church of Smarmore in a march of the English colony -- 5.3 CONCLUSIONS 6. Designated School-Houses -- 6.0 INTRODUCTION -- 6.1 SCHOOL-HOUSES OF LEGAL KINDREDS -- 6.1.1 Teach Breac on the Cahermacnaghten estate -- 6.1.2 Law school-houses at Park and Ballyorley -- 6.1.3 Ballymacegan and the capital of brehon law -- 6.2 A SCHOOL OF MEDICINE -- 6.3 SCHOOLS OF POETRY -- 6.3.1 The Ó Dálaigh school of poetry at Dromnea -- 6.4 CONCLUSIONS -- 7. Conclusion: A Place for the Learned -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- MANUSCRIPT SOURCES -- REPORTS -- ONLINE SOURCES -- SECONDARY WORKS -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- INDEX OF PEOPLE -- INDEX OF PLACES Summary Gaelic literati were an elite group in the social hierarchy of late medieval and early modern northern European societies, influencing many areas of public life, including education, law, medicine, farming, culture, and politics. FitzPatrick explores the archaeological and historical records to understand this intellectual culture and exercise of power Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Social classes -- Ireland -- History -- To 1500 Social classes -- Ireland -- History -- 16th century Landscape archaeology -- Ireland Intellectual life Landscape archaeology Social classes European history. History. SUBJECT Ireland -- Intellectual life -- To 1500 Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 16th century Subject Ireland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191946172 0191946176 9780192668271 0192668277

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