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Irish Royal Charters - Texts and Contexts (Hardcover, New)
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Irish Royal Charters - Texts and Contexts (Hardcover, New)
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The Latin charters issued by Irish kings in the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries, although comparatively few in number,
constitute an important body of evidence owing to the scarcity of
Irish documentary sources by contrast with narrative, annalistic
and literary texts. Their value is greatly enhanced by the fact
that chronologically they span the traditional historiographical
division between pre-Anglo-Norman and post-Anglo-Norman Ireland and
in form are comparable with the charters generated by the English
crown and Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland from 1167 onwards. They
therefore contribute to a more balanced assessment of Irish society
on the eve on Anglo-Norman intervention in Ireland. The context for
the introduction of the Latin charter undoubtedly was the
ecclesiastical reform movement that dominated western Christendom
from about 1050 onwards and which began to have a discernible
impact on the Irish church from no later than c.1100. All the
extant Irish royal charters were issued in favour of ecclesiastical
beneficiaries and were demonstrably a product of collaboration
between Irish kings and reformist clergy. Irish kings, however,
were not merely passive recipients of this new documentary reform.
They proved adept at exploiting it as a vehicle for their
self-promotion and expansion of royal authority. German imperial
chancery practice, for example, provided the stylistic model for a
charter issued by Diarmait Mac Carthaig, king of Desmond c.1173x7.
The known involvement of Diarmait's family with the
Schottenkloester of Southern Germany affords a ready explanation
for what might otherwise appear to be surprising German influence.
The Irish royal charters materially advance understanding of
aspects of the ecclesiastical and secular politics of
twelfth-century Ireland. This is the first modern edition of the
texts, exploring textual transmission and authenticating criteria
and providing commentary on their content and historical
significance together with detailed annotations of personal and
place-names.
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