Strafford in Ireland 1633-41 : a study in absolutism / Hugh Kearney.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1989.Description: [294]p. : 1map ; 22cmISBN:- 9780521378222 (pbk) :
- 9780521371896 (cased) :
- 9780521378222
- 941.506 KEA
- DA941.5
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 941.506 KEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 207351 |
Originally published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1959.
Includes bibliography and index.
1.Anglo-Irish relations (i)The sixteenth-century background (ii) Politics, 1620-30 -- 2.The old English in Ireland -- 3.The appointment of Wentworth -- 4.The financial background -- 5.Prologue to parliament -- 6.The parliament of 1634-5 -- 7.The politics of the 1634 parliament -- 8.The instruments of \'thorough\' -- 9.The plantation of Connacht -- 10.Church and state -- 11.Wentworth\'s economic policy: (i)the economic background (ii)The Irish wool trade (iii)Irish linen (iv)The Irish customs farm -- (v) Summary -- 12.Personal profit -- 13.The downfall of Wentworth\'s administration (i)Opposition in Ulster (ii) Opposition in parliament (iii)The parties in parliament -- 14.The impeachment of Wentworth -- 15.Aftermath in Irleand -- 16.Conclusion.
Kearney's definitive account provides essential reading for those studying the origins of the Civil Wars.