Making Ireland British

This is the first comprehensive study of all the plantations that were attempted in Ireland during the years 1580-1650. It examines the arguments advanced by successive political figures for a plantation policy, and the responses which this policy elicited from different segments of the population in Ireland.; The book opens with an analysis of the complete works of Edmund Spenser who was the most articulate ideologue for plantation. The author argues that all subsequent advocates of plantation, ranging from King James VI and I, to Strafford, to Oliver Cromwell, were guided by Spenser's opinio.

Machine generated contents note: SPENSER SETS THE AGENDA -- I.i. Discoursing in Dublin -- 1.2. Poetry as Politics: The Faerie Queene -- 1.3. Spenser as Moral Philosopher in 1596 -- I.4. Spenser's Vzew of the Present State of Ireland -- i.5. Conclusion -- 2. THE ENGLISH PRESENCE IN SPENSER'S IRELAND -- 2.1. The Background -- 2.2. Soldiers -- 2.3. Officers -- 2.4. Administrators -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. THE MUNSTER PLANTATION: THEORY AND -- PRACTICE -- 3.1. The Theory -- 3.2. The Practice -- 33.3 The Consequence -- 4. PLANTATION IN IRELAND 1603-1622: THEORY AND -- PRACTICE -- 4.1. The Politics of Plantation 1603-1622 -- 4.2. The Plantation of Ulster: The Theory -- 4.3. The Plantation of Ulster: The Practice 1609-1622 -- 5- THE POLITICS OF PLANTATION 1622-1641 -- 5a The Report of the Commission of 1622 -- 5.2. The Plantation Issue 1622-1632 -- 5.3. Wentworth's Policy of Plantation 1632-1641 -- 5.4. Conclusion -- 6. THE BRITISH PRESENCE IN WENTWORTH'S IRELAND -- 6.i. The Establishment -- 6.2. British Settlement in Ireland: Evidence from the Estate -- Records -- 6.3. The British Presence in Munster -- 6.4. The British Presence in Ulster -- 6.5. The British Presence in Leinster -- 6.6. …