Why did David love this book?
I read this for professional reasons, which is not to say that I didnāt get great pleasure from it. Frame is a fine writer, and this isnāt always true of those who are also great scholars. This is a collection of essays, some new but mostly older works, lightly edited in a couple of cases.
Much of Frameās work deals with that nebulous concept of identity in its various forms. He has explored much of the medieval history of Ireland after the English (or Anglo-Norman) invasion began in 1169. He has done so from perspectives both close and detailed and more broadly comparative. He was one of the most important figures in encouraging us to consider Ireland alongside and as part of a wider collective that includes Wales, Scotland, England, and parts of France.
For a time, I was rather annoyed because it seemed like every good idea I hadā¦
1 author picked Plantagenet Ireland as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
For two centuries after 1199, Ireland was ruled by Plantagenet kings, lineal descendants of Henry II. The island became closely tied to the English crown not just by English law and direct administration, but through other networks, above all the allegiance of a settler establishment led by aristocratic, ecclesiastical, and civic elites that benefited from being within the orbit of royal patronage and service. This book contains fifteen interlinked studies, several of which appear here for the first time. The opening chapters trace Irelandās changing place within a wider Plantagenet realm that itself altered geographically and institutionally during the period.ā¦