Thomas Charles-Edwards is Professor of Celtic in the University of Oxford. His previous books include Bechbretha (1983, with Fergus Kelly), The Welsh Laws (1989) and Early Irish and Welsh Kinship (1993).
List of maps
List of tables
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
A note on pronunciation
A note on the Chronicle of Ireland
Introduction
1. Ireland in the seventh century: a tour
2. Irish society c.700: I. Communities
3. Irish society c.700: II. Social distinctions and moral values
4. Ireland and Rome
5. Conversion to Christianity
6. The organisation of the early Irish church
7. Columba, Iona and Lindisfarne
8. Columbanus and his disciples
9. The Paschal controversy
10. The primatial claims of Armagh, Kildare and Canterbury
11. The origins and rise of Uí Néill
12. The kingship of Tara
13. The powers of kings
14. Conclusion
Appendix: genealogies and king-lists
Glossary: Irish and Latin
Bibliography
Index.
