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ar345 gaelic and colonial society 1350-1650

Module Summary

The primary aim of this course is to build general and micro-scalar interpretative narratives about native and incoming peoples in the period c.1350–1650 through an exploration of their settlements, material culture and contextual histories.

The twin objectives are to encourage critical debate about traditional perceptions of Gaelic and colonial communities and their interface with each other, and to equip the student with a good working knowledge of the settlement forms and material culture of the period, which is considered essential to the craft of the professional archaeologist in the field.

The course is grounded in the theory and methods of European historical archaeology in which the efficacy of all types of late medieval ( c. 1350–1500) and early post-medieval ( c. 1500–1650) material culture, from artefacts to landscapes, buildings and text is valued.

The course includes a compulsory field class.

Structure	24 lectures in twelve weeks Field Class on 25th February, 2012	Lectures Commence	10 January, 2012
Course Weighting	5 ECTS	Lectures End	28 March, 2012
Assessment	(a) Essay (b) Interpretative Narrative	Lecturer(s)	Dr Elizabeth FitzPatrick
	Tuesday	1 pm - 2 pm	AC213
	Wednesday	12 pm - 1 pm	IT202
Please note: Compulsory Field Class will take place on Saturday 25th February, 2012.
Consult Department handbook, noticeboards or blackboard for further details.

Core Texts

Doran, L. and Lyttleton, J. (eds) 2007 Lordship in Medieval Ireland: image and reality. Dublin.
Duffy P, Edwards, D. and FitzPatrick, E. (eds), 2001 Gaelic Ireland, c. 1250 - c.1650: land, lordship and settlement. Dublin.
FitzPatrick, E. 2009 Native enclosed settlement and the problem of the Irish ’ring-fort’. Medieval Archaeology 53, 271-307.
FitzPatrick, E. 2004 Royal inauguration in Gaelic Ireland c. 1100-1600: a cultural landscape study. Woodbridge.
Herron, T. and Potterton, M. (eds) 2007 Ireland in the Renaissance c. 1540–1660. Dublin.
Horning, A., Ó Baoill, R., Donnelly, C. and Logue, P (eds) 2007 The archaeology of post-medieval Ireland 1550–1850. Bray.
Lyttleton, J. and Rynne, C. (eds) 2009 Plantation Ireland: settlement and material culture, c. 1550-c.1700. Dublin.

Department of Archaeology
National University of Ireland, Galway,
University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Phone: +353 (0) 91 492167 , Fax: +353 (0) 91 525700, E-mail Archaeology
This page was last updated Monday, July 25, 2011

ar345 gaelic and colonial society 1350-1650

Module Summary

Structure

Lectures Commence

Course Weighting

Lectures End

Assessment

Lecturer(s)

Core Texts