The Scots in early Stuart Ireland
Subtitle: Union and separation in two kingdoms
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Nov 11, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780719097218
Description: By exploring Irish-Scottish connections during the period 1603-60 this book brings important new perspectives to the study of the Early Stuart state. Acknowledging the pivotal role of the Hiberno-Scottish world, it identifies some of the limits of England's Anglicising influence in the northern and western 'British Isles' and the often slight basis on which the Stuart pursuit of a new 'British' consciousness operated. Regarding the Anglo-Scottish relationship, it was chiefly in Ireland that the English and Scots intermingled after 1603, with a variety of consequences, often destabilising for English, Scots and Irish. The importance of the Gaelic sphere in Irish-Scottish connections also receives much greater attention here than in previous accounts. This Gaedhealtacht played a central role in the transmission of religious radicalism, both Catholic and Protestant, in Ireland and Scotland, ultimately leading to political crisis and revolution within the British Isles.
Notes: Source title: The Scots in early Stuart Ireland: Union and separation in two kingdoms (Studies in Early Modern Irish History)