Beyond Exclusion in Medieval Ireland : Intersections of Ethnicity, Sex, and Society Under English Law

Hewer, Stephen

ISBN 10: 2503594573 / ISBN 13: 9782503594576

Published by Brepols Publishers, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond Exclusion in Medieval Ireland : Intersections of Ethnicity, Sex, and Society Under English Law
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503594573
• ISBN 13: 9782503594576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The notion that all Gaelic peoples were immediately and ipso facto denied access to the English royal courts in Ireland, upon the advent of the English in 1167, has become so accepted in academic and popular histories of Ireland that it is no longer questioned. This book tackles this narrative of absolute ethnic discrimination in thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century English Ireland on the basis of a thorough re-examination of the Irish plea rolls. A forensic study of these records reveals a great deal of variation in how members of various ethnic groups and women who came before the royal courts in Ireland were treated. Specifically, it demonstrates the existence of a large, and hitherto scarcely noticed, population of Gaels with regular and unimpeded access to English law, identifiable as Gaelic either through explicit ethnic labelling in the records or implicitly through their naming practices.