Aspects of Irish Aristocratic Life : Essays on the FitzGeralds of Kildare and Carton House

Spanning the best part of 800 years of aristocratic life this collection of essays, by established and emerging scholars, draws together some of the most recent and specialised research on the FitzGeralds. The essays offer fresh insights into the family's aristocratic way of living, their rise to ascendancy and how they maintained political status through court connections in England and beyond.