sean farrell moran
oakland univ.
moran@oakland.edu
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Some works that definitely need to be looked at better to understand Irish
society and Irish monasticism and church history and Irish history are:
Hughes, Kathleen, 1926-1977.
Church and society in Ireland, A.D. 400-1200 : Kathleen Hughes /
edited by David Dumville.
Hughes, Kathleen.
Early Christian Ireland: introduction to the sources.
Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press [1972]
Sources of history, studies in the uses of historical evidence
(Ithaca, N.Y.)
Herbert, Maire.
Iona, Kells, and Derry : the history and hagiography of the
monastic familia of Columba / Maire Herbert.
Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Patterson, Nerys Thomas.
Cattle-lords and clansmen : kinship and rank in early Ireland /
Nerys Thomas Patterson.
New York : Garland Pub. Inc., 1991.
Harvard studies in sociology
For a general history, also try:
Mac Niocaill, Gearoid.
Ireland before the Vikings [by] Gearoid MacNiocaill.
[Dublin] Gill and Macmillan [1972]
Gill history of Ireland, 1
O Corrain, Donnchadh.
Ireland before the Normans.
[Dublin] Gill and Macmillan [1972]
Gill History of Ireland 2
For the archaeology, also look at:
Edwards, Nancy.
The archaeology of early medieval Ireland / Nancy Edwards.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990.
Middle Ages series
Mytum, H. C.
The origins of early Christian Ireland / Harold Mytum.
London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
Later, Mark Hall
hall@qal.berkeley.edu
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