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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: 1178 births, 1178 deaths, 1178 disestablishments, 1178 establishments, 1178 in Europe, Conflicts in 1178, Arbroath Abbey, Thomas I, Count of Savoy, Ui Fidgenti, Snorri Sturluson, Emperor Antoku, Bernard Silvestris, Danishmends, St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin, Ada de Warenne, Boso Breakspeare, Helvis of Ibelin, Lesnes Abbey, Theresa of Portugal, Queen of Leon, Wuzhun Shifan, Philippa of Antioch, Demna of Georgia, Gonzalo de Maranon, Pribislav of Mecklenburg, Anthelm of Belley, Stanlow Abbey, List of state leaders in 1178, Roland of Cremona, Armand de Perigord, Blessed Frowin, Gui Guerrejat, Hugh I of Arborea, Richard of Dunkeld, Aedh Ua Flaithbheartaigh, Evermode of Ratzeburg, Godfrey van Rhenen, Richard the Chaplain, Battle of Storsjon, Mstislav the Eyeless, Walter de Bidun, William of Lucca, Matteo Rosso Orsini, Fujiwara no Narichika. Excerpt: The Ui Fidgenti (Fidgeinti, Fidgente, Fidgeinte; English pronunciation: or ) or Wood-Sprung People were an early kingdom of northern Munster, situated mostly in modern County Limerick, but extending into County Clare and County Tipperary, and possibly even County Kerry and County Cork, at maximum extents, which varied over time. They have been given various origins among both the early or proto-Eoganachta and among the Dairine by different scholars working in a number of traditions, with no agreement ever reached or appearing reachable. It is entirely possible that the Ui Fidgenti were the product of a combination of lineages from both these royal kindreds, or alternatively of another origin entirely. Closely related to the Ui Fidgenti were the Ui Liathain, who claimed descent from the same 4th century AD dynast, Daire Cerbba (Maine Munchain), and who in the earliest sources, such as The Expulsion of the Deisi (incidentally), are mentioned together with them. They supposedly t...
