Description: Native Irish chieftains, not totally subdued after the Norman invasion of Ireland, recovered a measure of their power in the later middle ages; unfamiliar sources illuminate developments.
Review Quotes: New and exciting - It describes for the first time the way in which Gaelic society changed and developed in the later middle ages. ALBION A pioneering and splendidly intelligent book - Dr Simms has ensured that later medieval Ireland - and not merely Gaelic Ireland - will never look quite the same again.-- "ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW"