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Dryburgh, Paul, and Brendan Smith, Handbook and select calendar of sources for medieval Ireland in the National Archives of the United Kingdom, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2004.

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Handbook and select calendar of sources for medieval Ireland in the National Archives of the United Kingdom
Place
Dublin
Publisher
Four Courts Press
Year
2004
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The establishment of English rule in Ireland in the late 12th century involved the introduction not only of foreign settlers, but also of administrative practices based on those of England. In the 13th century a chancery, an exchequer, and courts of law centred on Dublin developed which produced written records of their operations. The fact that the lord of Ireland was also the king of England, and that every English subject in Ireland had the right to appeal directly to the king, meant that Irish affairs were also well represented in the records produced by the English government at Westminster. These two sets of records were created and kept independently by both administrations, but a series of disasters stretching from the 13th century to the 20th means that almost all of the Irish archive has been lost. Fortunately, the National Archives of the United Kingdom, based at Kew in London, continues to hold a wealth of material relating to Ireland in the medieval centuries. This book provides a guide to records which reflect many facets of this period in Irish history, including relations between natives and settlers, the church, life on the manor, trade and commerce, land-holding, Anglo-Irish relations, and the operation of the law. It should serve as the starting-point for future research into many aspects of the medieval Irish past.
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record sources for Ireland medieval Ireland
History, society and culture
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London, Public Record OfficeLondon, Public Record Office
London, The National Archives
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