Dr Colin Veach's Outputs (12)

The Two Norths: Identity and Hybridity in Yorkshire and Northumberland, 1066-1215 (2024)
Thesis
Cook, A. (2024). The Two Norths: Identity and Hybridity in Yorkshire and Northumberland, 1066-1215. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5088043

This study uses two baronial families: the de Lacy Barons of Pontefract and de Vescy Barons of Alnwick as a lens through which to examine wider identity within the regions. Previous work has generally taken a wider focus on the whole region, or over... Read More about The Two Norths: Identity and Hybridity in Yorkshire and Northumberland, 1066-1215.

From Kingdom to Colony: Framing the English Conquest of Ireland (2024)
Journal Article
Veach, C. (2024). From Kingdom to Colony: Framing the English Conquest of Ireland. English Historical Review, Article ceae210. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceae210

This article offers a new way of framing the English conquest of Ireland by focusing on the development of a kingdom of Ireland both before and after the invasion of 1169. It thus spans the historiographical divides that tend to partition Irish histo... Read More about From Kingdom to Colony: Framing the English Conquest of Ireland.

Reframing ‘the Anarchy’: Castles, Landscapes and Society in Twelfth-Century Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (2024)
Thesis
Prescott, R. Reframing ‘the Anarchy’: Castles, Landscapes and Society in Twelfth-Century Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4617818

The reign of King Stephen, c. 1135-54, was condemned by nineteenth-century historians as a period of anarchy and castles have often been seen as a cause or symptom of its instabilities. Although many aspects of Stephen’s reign have been reappraised i... Read More about Reframing ‘the Anarchy’: Castles, Landscapes and Society in Twelfth-Century Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.

The key to the kingdoms : the role of the North of England during the First War of Scottish Independence (2018)
Thesis
Cook, A. I. The key to the kingdoms : the role of the North of England during the First War of Scottish Independence. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221192

The earls Of Edward III 1330-60 : comital power in mid-fourteenth century England (2018)
Thesis
Raven, M. The earls Of Edward III 1330-60 : comital power in mid-fourteenth century England. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4398551

Henry II and the ideological foundations of Angevin rule in Ireland (2018)
Journal Article
Veach, C. (2018). Henry II and the ideological foundations of Angevin rule in Ireland. Irish Historical Studies, 42(161), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/ihs.2018.6

The English invasion of Ireland is of central importance to the interconnected histories of Britain and Ireland. Yet there is still disagreement over the agency of its ultimate sponsor, King Henry II. This article argues that from the very beginning... Read More about Henry II and the ideological foundations of Angevin rule in Ireland.

Conquest and Conquerors (2017)
Book Chapter
Veach, C. (2018). Conquest and Conquerors. In B. Smith (Ed.), Cambridge History of Ireland, Volume 1: 650-1550 (157-182). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316275399.010

The Geraldines and the Conquest of Ireland (2016)
Book Chapter
Veach, C. (2016). The Geraldines and the Conquest of Ireland. In P. Crooks, & S. Duffy (Eds.), The Geraldines and Medieval Ireland: The Making of a Myth (69-92). Four Courts Press

King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed (2014)
Journal Article
Veach, C. (2014). King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed. English Historical Review, 129(540), 1051-1078. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceu221

This article re-examines King John’s persecution and eventual destruction of his former friend, William de Briouze, a signal example of John’s tyranny on the eve Magna Carta. Approaching the episode from the transnational perspective of the two men i... Read More about King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed.

Lordship in four realms: the Lacy family, 1166-1241 (2014)
Book
Veach, C. (2014). Lordship in four realms: the Lacy family, 1166-1241. Manchester University Press

© Colin Veach 2014. This book examines the rise and fall of the aristocratic Lacy family in England, Ireland, Wales and Normandy. This involves a unique analysis of medieval lordship in action, as well as a re-imagining of the role of English kingshi... Read More about Lordship in four realms: the Lacy family, 1166-1241.

King and magnate in medieval Ireland: Walter de Lacy, King Richard and King John (2010)
Journal Article
Veach, C. (2010). King and magnate in medieval Ireland: Walter de Lacy, King Richard and King John. Irish Historical Studies, 37(146), 179-202. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021121400002212

A question of timing: Walter de Lacy's seisin of Meath 1189–94 (2009)
Journal Article
Veach, C. T. (2009). A question of timing: Walter de Lacy's seisin of Meath 1189–94. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C, Archaeology, linguistics, and literature, 109(-1), 165-194. https://doi.org/10.3318/priac.2009.109.165

The Irish kingdom of Mide was granted by King Henry II to Hugh de Lacy in 1172. After Hugh’s death in 1186, what had come to be known as the lordship of Meath passed, after a period of wardship, to Hugh’s son, Walter. Until now, the transfer of the l... Read More about A question of timing: Walter de Lacy's seisin of Meath 1189–94.