Catholicism in Ulster, 1603-1983

Catholicism in Ulster, 1603-1983
Author: Oliver Rafferty
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1994
Genre: Northern Ireland
ISBN: 9781570030253
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Catholicism's impact in Northern Ireland--For sale in the U.S., its dependencies, & Canada only.

Making Ireland British, 1580-1650

Making Ireland British, 1580-1650
Author: Nicholas Canny
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2001-05-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0191542016
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This is the first comprehensive study of all the plantations that were attempted in Ireland during the years 1580-1650. It examines the arguments advanced by successive political figures for a plantation policy, and the responses which this policy elicited from different segments of the population in Ireland. The book opens with an analysis of the complete works of Edmund Spenser who was the most articulate ideologue for plantation. The author argues that all subsequent advocates of plantation, ranging from King James VI and I, to Strafford, to Oliver Cromwell, were guided by Spenser's opinions, and that discrepancies between plantation in theory and practice were measured against this yardstick. The book culminates with a close analysis of the 1641 insurrection throughout Ireland, which, it is argued, steeled Cromwell to engage in one last effort to make Ireland British.

The Scottish Migration to Ulster in the Reign of James I

The Scottish Migration to Ulster in the Reign of James I
Author: M. Perceval-Maxwell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000439852
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Originally published in 1973, the emphasis of this study is on the Scottish settlers during the first quarter of the 17th Century. It shows that the ‘Plantation’, although a milestone in Ireland’s past is also of considerable importance in Scotland’s history. The society that produced Scottish settlers is examined and the reasons why they left their homeland analysed. The book explains what effect the Scottish migration had upon both Ireland and Scotland and assesses the extent to which James I was personally involved in the promotion of the ‘Plantation’ scheme.

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I
Author: Wallace T. MacCaffrey
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0691228272
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Acclaimed for their dramatic rendering of the personalities and forces that shaped Elizabethan politics, Wallace T. MacCaffrey's three volumes thoroughly chronicle the Queen's decision making throughout her reign in a way that combines pleasurable reading with subtle analysis. Together in paperback for the first time, these books will find a wide readership among those interested in debunking Elizabeth's many mythic images and in following the steps of Elizabethan policy-makers as they grapple with the most crucial political problems of their day. MacCaffrey completes his analysis by investigating how Elizabeth and her ministers governed in the years between the Armada of 1588 and her death in 1603. In light of the Queen's desire to uphold her popularity through the maintenance of peace and prosperity, the author explains why she pursued war with Spain by only half-measures and how the brutal conquest of Ulster and the destruction of Tyrone came to be seen as prerequisites for the incorporation of Northern Ireland.