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Entangled Conquest: A Study Of Cultural Hybridization And Change In Norman Ireland, Sean Mcconnel
Entangled Conquest: A Study Of Cultural Hybridization And Change In Norman Ireland, Sean Mcconnel
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis employs entanglement theory and new geophysical macro-analytical methods to
examine the spread of Norman culture in late medieval Ireland. The traditional theories of
Anglo-Norman conquest by mass migration, by military conquest, and by political conquest are
reviewed and compared to a more nuanced theory of Normanization, which suggests that
genetically Irish people, who spoke Irish, practiced Irish law, and pursued Irish interests were
primarily responsible for what is considered "Norman" material culture on the Island. This
dissertation presents the idea that adherence to the English king was a necessary and expedient
action on the part of Irish lords …