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Surviving Kinsale: Irish Emigration and Identity Formation in Early Modern Spain, 1601-40
Ciaran O´scea
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Description for Surviving Kinsale: Irish Emigration and Identity Formation in Early Modern Spain, 1601-40
Hardback. This is the story of La Coruna ,which became a virtual encampment of starving homeless Irish nobles, soldiers, women, children, elderly and poor following the Battle of Kinsale. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DSE; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
In the aftermath of the Battle of Kinsale in 1601 as many as 10,000 Irish emigrated from Ireland to Galicia in the north-west of Spain. Between 1601 and 1608 the brunt of this immigration fell on the city of La Coruna, which became a virtual encampment of starving homeless Irish nobles, soldiers, women, children, elderly and poor. This is the story of that community and how its members adapted to their new circumstances, and how they themselves, their social structures and beliefs were transformed by their immigrant experience. Through an examination of the community across a broad range of social ... Read more
In the aftermath of the Battle of Kinsale in 1601 as many as 10,000 Irish emigrated from Ireland to Galicia in the north-west of Spain. Between 1601 and 1608 the brunt of this immigration fell on the city of La Coruna, which became a virtual encampment of starving homeless Irish nobles, soldiers, women, children, elderly and poor. This is the story of that community and how its members adapted to their new circumstances, and how they themselves, their social structures and beliefs were transformed by their immigrant experience. Through an examination of the community across a broad range of social ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Studies in Early Modern European History
Condition
New
Weight
568 g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719088582
SKU
V9780719088582
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About Ciaran O´scea
Ciaran O'Scea is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies at University College Dublin -- .
Reviews for Surviving Kinsale: Irish Emigration and Identity Formation in Early Modern Spain, 1601-40
'The present book is a valuable regional study of Irish immigration to the Iberianpeninsula; in its broad social range and the attention given to kinship, itbrings the role of women and families into focus; it is a welcome contributionto the expanding literature on Irish migration in the early modern period.' BrianMac Cuarta SJ, Archivum Romanum Societatis ... Read more