Statutes of Kilkenny (commentary)

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Ina Dimitrova

Statuts of Kilkenny

Commentary

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17.11.2008

Paris

Introduction:

The XIII and XIV centuries were the period of the Irish resistance to the English policy. Many Irish families constitute "federations", there were also many marriages between Englishmen and the Irish population and therefore many Englishmen tended to be subsumed into the Irish society, they adopted the language and culture, so they became "More Irish than Irish themselves"2. At the same time many epidemics such as the Black Death3 caused the defeat of many Englishmen who lived in the urban zones. The most popular language became the Irish and even the English population that practiced it increased4.

Not only were the Normans militarily superior, but their political, social and religious systems were completely different from those practiced by the natives. Even if the Normans prevailed politically, Gaelic culture prevailed, and the English population understood that its control is insufficient.

In 1361, when Edward III was on the English throne, he sent one of his younger sons, Lionel, Duke Clarence, who was already married to an Irish heiress, to represent him