Medieval Irish Buildings, 1100-1600

The eighteenth volume in the series, Maynooth Research Guides for Irish Local History, O’Keeffe draws on 30 years of researching and writing about all aspects of medieval architecture in Ireland. He shares his knowledge of medieval Irish buildings, enhances for readers the experience of visiting medieval buildings, and provides the basic tools needed to identify them and assign approximate dates. He also explains how medieval buildings worked. Five chapters are: medieval architectural styles and their study; approaches to the study of medieval buildings/ecclesiastical architecture: from reform to reformation; castles: from the Anglo-Normal invasion to the Black Death; castles: from the Black Death to the plantations. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)