Irish Society, Anglo-Norman Settlers, Angevin Kingship
Author | : Marie Therese Flanagan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1989 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015015339479 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In this study of Anglo-Norman intervention in Ireland during the reign of Henry II (1154-89), Flanagan explores the origins of the political link between Ireland and the English crown. She focuses on the reasons why Diarmait Mac Murchada, the exiled king of Leinster, hired Anglo-Norman mercenaries to help him regain his kingdom; why Anglo-Norman settlers from South Wales accepted his offer of employment in Ireland; and why this in turn provoked a reaction from King Henry II, who intervened in person in Ireland in 1171-72. Drawing on evidence from both 12th-century Irish and Anglo-Norman sources, Flanagan bridges the artificial division between the pre-Norman and post-Norman periods in Ireland.