THREE WOMEN OF THE O’BYRNES—PERSPECTIVES ON GAELIC POLITICAL MARRIAGE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

By Cora Crampton Up to the end of the sixteenth century the Gaelic polity relied heavily on intermarriage as a crucial means of consolidating political and military power bases. To this end, high-status Gaelic women functioned as political resources under the control of their male relatives. It is proposed to examine available traces of the ... Read more

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