The relationship between England (later Britain) and Ireland in the past several centuries has been complicated to put it mildly. For a long time, that relationship has been a colonial one as Britain saw Ireland as a part of its empire. But how did that relationship begin? In order to understand that, we have to look to the middle ages, specifically the twelfth century, and the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.

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Recommendations for further reading:
-Bartlett, Robert. The Making of Europe: conquest, colonization, and cultural change, 950-1350 (1993).
-Booker, Sparky. Cultural Exchange and Identity in Late Medieval Ireland: the English and the Irish of the four obedient shires (2018).
-Downham, Clare. Medieval Ireland (2018).
-Frame, Robin. Colonial Ireland: 1169-1369 (1981).
-Smith, Brendan, ed. Ireland and the English World in the Late Middle Ages: essays in honour of Robin Frame (2009).
-Sposato, Peter. "The Perception of Anglo-Norman Modernity and the Conquest of Ireland." In Comitatus 40 (2009): 25-44.

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