The march in the islands of the medieval west

List of Illustrations ... vii Acknowledgements ... xi Abbreviations ... xiii List of Contributors ... xv Introduction Terra Nova: A Crown on the March and aPeople of the Periphery ... 1 Emmett O'Byrne and Jenifer Ni Ghradaigh TOWN AND COUNTRY: AGGRESSIVE SYMBIOSIS Religious and Cultural Boundaries between Vikings and Irish: The Evidence of Conversion ... 15 Clare Downham From Dyflinnarskiri to the Pale: Defining and Defending a Medieval City-State, 1000-1500 ... 35 Howard B. Clarke "The Key of the County": Saggart and the Manorial Economy of the Dublin March c. 1200-1540 ... 53 Margaret Murphy New Ross: From European Archetype to Town "Situated in the Marches" ... 79 L.M. Doran MATERIALISING IDENTITY Style over Substance: Architectural Fashion and Identity Building in Medieval Ireland ... 97 Jenifer Ni Ghradaigh Creating Borders in Twelfth-century Ireland? Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobair's Diversion of the River Suck ... 139 Anne Connon and Brian Shanahan Callan and Ormond: Architecture of the "Middle Nation"? ... 171 Danielle O'Donovan The March in Roscommon, 1170-1400: Culture Contact, Continuity and Change ... 195 Rory McNeary and Brian Shanahan RIVAL WRITS ON THE FRONTIER / PERCEIVED IDENTITY AND REAL AUTHORITY: RE-EXAMINING THE SOURCES The Politics of Grievance and the Making of Medieval Irish Identity Blood, Law and Identity in Leinster and the Crown of England 1200-1340 ... 229 Emmett O'Byrne Royal Authority and Its Limits: The Dominions of the English Crown in the Early Fourteenth Century ... 251 Seymour Phillips The March Laws: For Use or Ornament? ... 261 William W. Scott Conclusion ... 287 Jenifer Ni Ghradaigh and Emmett O'Byrne Index of People ... 291 Index of Places ... 296 Subject Index ... 299