A New History of Ireland, Volume II

• Introduction ; 1. The Trembling Sod: Ireland in 1169 ; 2. Diarmit Mac Murchada and the Coming of the Anglo-Normans ; 3. Allies and an Overlord, 1169-72 ; 4. Overlord Becomes Feudal Lord ; 5. John, Lord of Ireland, 1185-1216 ; 6. The Expansion and Consolidation of the Colony, 1265-54 ; 7. The Years of Crisis, 1254-1315 ; 8. Land and People, c.1300 ; 9. A Land of War ; 10. The Impact of the Bruce Invasion, 1315-27 ; 11. Approaches to the History of Fourteenth-Century Ireland ; 12. Gaelic Polity and Cultural Identity ; 13. The Anglo-Irish Colony Under Strain, 1327-99 ; 14. Gaelic Society and Economy ; 15. Colonial Society and Economy ; 16. Overseas Trade ; 17. England and Ireland, 1399-1447 ; 18. The Emergence of the Pale, 1399-1447 ; 19. Anglo-Ireland and the Yorkist Cause, 147-60 ; 20. Ireland Beyond the Pale, 1399-1460 ; 21. Aristocratic Autonomy, 1460-94 ; 22. 'Irish' Ireland and 'English' Ireland ; 23. The Hegemony of the Earls of Kildare ; 24. The Reemergence of English Policy as a Major Factor in Irish Affairs, 1520-34 ; 25. Literature in Irish, 1169-1534 ; 26. Literature in Norman French and English to 1534 ; 27. Architecture and Sculpture, 1169-1603 ; 28. Manuscripts and Illuminations, 1169-1603 ; 29. Coinage, to 1534: The Sign of the Times ; Bibliography ; Bibliographical Supplement ; Index

Review from previous edition ' No short review could do justice to the magnificent second volume of The New History Of Ireland."