Early Christian Ireland: introduction to the sources (The Sources of history: studies in the uses of historical evidence) - Softcover

Hughes, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340161442 ISBN 13: 9780340161449

Publisher: Sources of History Ltd, Hodder and Stoughton, 1972

Synopsis

This book is meant to be useful and readable. It assumes some experience in ordinary historical techniques, but no expert knowledge. In discussing the various kinds of source material for early Irish history, the problems each kind raises and the sort of questions it will answer, the author discusses many of the major historical issues. Her book is therefore not so much a bibliographical guide as a work of historical analysis and discussion. It deals with the main sources of Irish history between c. 400 and c. 1170, and has nine chapters: on archaeology (with appendices on aerial photography and coins), the secular laws, ecclesiastical legislation, the annals (with an appendix on the genealogies), secular literature, ecclesiastical learning, hagiography, art and architecture, eleventh- and twelfth-century histories and compilations. A bibliography and index complete the book

About this title

Book Description

This book is meant to be useful and readable. It assumes some experience in ordinary historical techniques, but no expert knowledge. In discussing the various kinds of source material for early Irish history, the problems each kind raises and the sort of questions it will answer, the author discusses many of the major historical issues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sources of History Ltd, Hodder and Stoughton
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0340161442
• ISBN 13: 9780340161449
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320