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Conquest and Land in Ireland
John Cunningham
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A reassessment of one of the most devastating episodes in Irish history. WINNER of the NUI Publications Prize in Irish History 2013. Mid-seventeenth century Ireland experienced a revolution in landholding. Coming in the aftermath of the devastating Cromwellian conquest, this seismic shift in the social and ethnic distribution of land and power from Irish Catholic to English Protestant hands would play a major role in shaping the history of the country. One of the most notorious elements of the Irish land settlement wasthe scheme of the transplantation to Connacht, which aimed to expel the Catholic population from ... Read more
A reassessment of one of the most devastating episodes in Irish history. WINNER of the NUI Publications Prize in Irish History 2013. Mid-seventeenth century Ireland experienced a revolution in landholding. Coming in the aftermath of the devastating Cromwellian conquest, this seismic shift in the social and ethnic distribution of land and power from Irish Catholic to English Protestant hands would play a major role in shaping the history of the country. One of the most notorious elements of the Irish land settlement wasthe scheme of the transplantation to Connacht, which aimed to expel the Catholic population from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780861933150
SKU
V9780861933150
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Reviews for Conquest and Land in Ireland
An important study of a hitherto neglected area of Irish history [and] by far the most comprehensive analysis of the transplantation land settlement to date.
ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
A model of meticulous research and concision, [this] work also revises the received view of the transplantation in several significant respects.
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
Much that is new ... Read more
ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
A model of meticulous research and concision, [this] work also revises the received view of the transplantation in several significant respects.
AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
Much that is new ... Read more