Religious Landscapes in Medieval Ireland

Sponsoring Organization(s)

American Society of Irish Medieval Studies (ASIMS)

Organizer Name

James Lyttleton

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. College Cork

Presider Name

James Lyttleton

Paper Title 1

Monastic Landscapes: The Estates of the White Canons

Presenter 1 Name

Miriam Clyne

Presenter 1 Affiliation

National Univ. of Ireland-Galway

Paper Title 2

"Good Fees, Fat Farms, and Concubines": Religious Life in Kilkenny Prior to the Reformation

Presenter 2 Name

John Bradley

Presenter 2 Affiliation

National Univ. of Ireland-Maynooth

Paper Title 3

Religion and Rural Landscape in Roscommon, 500-1600 A.D.

Presenter 3 Name

Brian Shanahan

Presenter 3 Affiliation

National Univ. of Ireland-Galway

Start Date

9-5-2013 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1120

Description

The activities of the church in medieval Ireland were closely integrated with the surrounding population and landscape. Parish churches and their clergy were supported by the allocation of glebe land, as well as the collection of tithes derived from farming in the surrounding parish. In acts of lordly munificence, both Anglo-Norman and Gaelic-Irish lords endowed various religious orders with large agricultural estates. The management of such landscapes has bequeathed an archaeological, historical and toponymic legacy in the landscape which will be highlighted in this session.

Dr. James I. Lyttleton