This pioneeriing study is the first to examine all the English settlements attempted in Ireland during the years 1580-1650. The author looks at the arguments in favour of a "plantation" policy and Irish responses to it in practice. He places what happened in Ireland in the conte…
"This is the first comprehensive study of the settlements implanted in Ireland by English and Scottish people during the years 1580-1650. The arguments advanced by successive political figures in favour of a plantation policy for Ireland are examined, as are the responses which …
Britain, Ireland and the Second World War
by ProQuest (Firm), Wood, Ian S.
fromSocieties at war
This series is intended both to open up new approaches to the history of the Second World War and to re-assess established themes. Covering the civilian as well as the military aspects of the conflict, the series examines how societies waged war between 1939 and 1945, and the ef…
For Britain the Second World War exists in popular memory as a time of heroic sacrifice, survival and ultimate victory over Fascism. In the Irish state the years 1939-1945 are still remembered simply as 'the Emergency'. Eire was one of many small states which in 1939 chose not t…
The first sustained consideration of the roles played by Elizabethand by the Irish in shaping relations between the realms.
Elizabeth I and Ireland
Elizabeth I and Ireland
Elizabeth I and Ireland
Elizabeth I and Ireland
The last generation has seen a veritable revolution in scholarly work on Elizabeth I, on Ireland, and on the colonial aspects of the literary productions that typically served to link the two. It is now commonly accepted that Elizabeth was a much more active and activist figure …
Elizabeth I's reign represented a crucial moment in the extension of Tudor centralization and imperial expansion over Ireland. This multidisciplinary collection brings together ground-breaking scholarly work and uses English and Gaelic sources, offering the first sustained consi…
The first sustained consideration of the roles played by Elizabeth and by the Irish in shaping relations between the realms.
