Irish Royal Charters Texts and Contexts [Hardcover]

Very few documentary sources survive from twelfth-century Ireland. The Latin charters issued by Irish kings are therefore an especially valuable body of evidence. This book is the first modern edition and commentary on these charters and sheds valuable light on the political and religious history of twelfth- and early thirteenth-century Gaelic Ireland.

Introduction
Irish and Latin Charters
1. The Use of Documentary Evidence in Pre-Anglo-Norman Ireland
2. The Form and Function of the Latin charter in the European Tradition
Latin Charters Issued by Irish Kings Before Anglo-Norman Intervention
3. Charters of Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster
4. Charter of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, King of Cen?l nE?gain and high-king
Latin Charters Issued by Irish Kings After Anglo-Norman Intervention
5. Charters of Domnall Ua Briain, King of Thomond
6. Charter of Diarmait Mac Carthaig, King of Desmond
7. Charter of Diarmait Ua D?mmusaig, King of U? Failge
8. Four Thirteenth-Century Irish Royal Charters in Favour of the Cistercian Abbey of C?teaux
Conclusion
9. Gift-Giving Kings and Their Charters as Expressions of Power and Piety
Charter-Texts
10. Charter of Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster, to Felix, abbot of Osraige
11. Charter of Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster, granting land in Bentraige to Felix, abbot of Osraige
12. Charter of Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster, to Edanus, bishop of Louth
13. Examplification of the Charter of Diarmait Mac Murchada, king of Leinster, to Edanus, bishop of Louth, enrolled on thecuria regisroll, 52 Henry III, 1268
14. Charter of Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster, to St Mary's Abbey, Ferns
15. Charter of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, King of Cen?l nE?gain and high-king, to Newry Abbey
16. Charter of Domnall Ua Briain, King of Thomond, to Holy Cross Abbey
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