Contested island : Ireland, 1460-1630 /
Connolly, S. J.(Sean J.)
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
2009.
This definitive study of Ireland's transformation from a medieval to a modern society looks at the way in which the country's different religious groups, and nationalities, clashed and interacted during the transition.
Originally published: 2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue. The hill of the axes, 1504 -- 'The land of Banba is but Swordland' : late medieval Ireland -- From lordship to kingdom -- Expansion and resistance -- The wars of Ireland -- Wild fruit from savage soil : the crisis of the 1590s -- The third kingdom -- Religion and nation -- Epilogue. New English, new Irish?
This definitive study of Ireland's transformation from a medieval to a modern society looks at the way in which the country's different religious groups, and nationalities, clashed and interacted during the transition.
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