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Cattle Lords and Clansmen: The Social Structure of Early Ireland
Nerys T. Patterson
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Description for Cattle Lords and Clansmen: The Social Structure of Early Ireland
Paperback. Here, Nerys Patterson analyses the social structure of medieval Ireland, focusing on the pre-Norman period. By combining difficult, often fragmentary primary sources, with sociological and anthropological methods, she produces a unusual approach to the study of early Ireland. Num Pages: 242 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
In Cattle Lords and Clansmen, Nerys Patterson provides an analysis of the social structure of medieval Ireland, focusing on the pre-Norman period. By combining difficult, often fragmentary primary sources with sociological and anthropological methods, Patterson produces a unique approach to the study of early Ireland—one that challenges previous scholarship. The second edition includes a chapter on seasonal rhythm, material derived from Patterson’s post-1991 publications, and an updated bibliography.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
442
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268008000
SKU
V9780268008000
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About Nerys T. Patterson
Nerys Patterson (1943–2007) was a Visiting Scholar at University College of North Wales, Bangor.
Reviews for Cattle Lords and Clansmen: The Social Structure of Early Ireland
“... Nerys Patterson has given a fresh and lively account of Irish society from a sociological point of view, based on considerable familiarity with translated editions of the Old Irish law texts and literary sources in Old, Middle and Early Modern Irish. She has a number of thought-provoking observations to make about points of detail, such as the Irish attitude ... Read more