The Kingdom of Ireland, 1641-1760 / Edition 1

by Toby Barnard

Overview

How did the Protestants gain a monopoly over the running of Ireland? To answer this question, Toby Barnard begins with an examination of the Catholics' attempt to regain control over their own affairs, first in the 1640s and then between 1689 and 1691. Barnard then outlines how military defeats doomed the Catholics to subjection, allowing Protestants to tighten their grip over the government, and goes on to study in detail the mechanisms--both national and local--through which this control was exercised. Focusing on the provinces as well as Dublin, and on the subjects as well as the rulers, Barnard brings an abundance of unfamiliar evidence to bear on Irish lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333610770
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/01/2004
Series:	British History in Perspective , #36
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	205
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

TOBY BARNARD is Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Hertford College, Oxford and has published numerous books and essays on Irish history. He is also an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy.
TOBY BARNARD is Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Hertford College, Oxford and has published numerous books and essays on Irish history. He is also an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Land and Peoples
Rebellions and Reconquests, 1641-1691
Governing Ireland, 1692-1760
Parliament, Improvement and Patriotism, 1692-1760
Rulers and Ruled
Catholic Masses and Protestant Elites
Further Reading
Index.