商品簡介
Duffy (Trinity College, Dublin) and his contributors offer hundreds of entries about Irish society, history, government, economics, religion, and the arts, giving complete contexts by covering the sixth to the sixteenth centuries. Contributors describe what people ate and wore, whom they fought and whom they married, how they worshipped and how they worked the land. They also settle the common misperception that the Irish spoke, and speak something called "Gaelic," how much or how little those burly Scandinavians actually did, and what "bastard feudalism" meant in Ireland. Each entry includes references, and the editor has supplied a very usable system of cross-references and a comprehensive index. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Dr. Sean Duffy, heads the Department of Medieval History at Trinity College, Dublin. A historian, he is also the Chairman of the Friends of Medieval Dublin and a member of the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences. Dr. Duffy has authored several acclaimed books and contributed to many journals. His books have been praised for their clarity and thoroughness.
