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From chiefdom to state in early Ireland / D. Blair Gibson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: xxv, 323 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781107015630 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.501 23
LOC classification:
  • JN1408 .G53 2012
Other classification:
  • SOC003000
Contents:
1. Theoretical considerations; 2. The climate and geology of Clare; 3. Clare's chiefdoms at the dawn of history; 4. An early medieval chiefdom of northern Clare; 5. Reconstructing the social order of Irish chiefdoms through settlement; 6. Of settlements and boundaries: reconstructing the chiefdom of Tulach Commáin; 7. The rulers of Tulach Commáin; 8. The world of Brian Boroimhe; 9. The world of Caithre;m Thoirdhealbhaigh; 10. The political topography of Late Medieval Clare; 11. An overview of the social and political systems of Thomond.
Summary: "This book examines the development of social complexity in late prehistoric and Early Medieval Ireland"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Theoretical considerations; 2. The climate and geology of Clare; 3. Clare's chiefdoms at the dawn of history; 4. An early medieval chiefdom of northern Clare; 5. Reconstructing the social order of Irish chiefdoms through settlement; 6. Of settlements and boundaries: reconstructing the chiefdom of Tulach Commáin; 7. The rulers of Tulach Commáin; 8. The world of Brian Boroimhe; 9. The world of Caithre;m Thoirdhealbhaigh; 10. The political topography of Late Medieval Clare; 11. An overview of the social and political systems of Thomond.

"This book examines the development of social complexity in late prehistoric and Early Medieval Ireland"--

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