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16th/17th-century history

The Irish Church and the Tudor reformations

The Irish Church and the Tudor reformations

This book presents a new interpretation of the state of the Irish Church before the Tudor reformations. Part I shows that the Irish Church, far from being in decline, enjoyed an upsurge in lay support before Henry VIII’s...This book presents a new interpretation of the state of the Irish Church before the Tudor reformations. Part I shows that the...
Author/Editor: Henry A. Jefferies
Ireland and the Spanish empire, 1600–1825

Ireland and the Spanish empire, 1600–1825

This book has been selected by Choice, a journal which provides book reviews for academic libraries, to be part of their annual Outstanding Academic Title list. The titles on this list, chosen from over 7,000 titles reviewed in...This book has been selected by Choice, a journal which provides book reviews for academic libraries, to be part of their annual...
Author/Editor: Óscar Recio Morales
The Ulster earls and Baroque Europe

The Ulster earls and Baroque Europe

Interest in the Irish in Europe in the early modern period has quickened in recent years, facilitated by better funding, increased research co-operation and enhanced digital resources. This volume presents the most recent research results in the field, beginning...Interest in the Irish in Europe in the early modern period has quickened in recent years, facilitated by better funding, increased research...
Author/Editor: Thomas O'Connor & Mary Ann Lyons, editors
Culture and society in early modern Breifne/Cavan
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Culture and society in early modern Breifne/Cavan

The Breifne region of south Ulster/north Connacht (roughly, modern-day Counties Cavan and Leitrim), has been a traditional buffer zone throughout the late medieval/early modern periods between Gaelic Ireland and its Anglicized parts. As a border region, the clash of...The Breifne region of south Ulster/north Connacht (roughly, modern-day Counties Cavan and Leitrim), has been a traditional buffer zone throughout the late...
Author/Editor: Brendan Scott, editor
The clergy of the diocese of Derry: an index
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The clergy of the diocese of Derry: an index

Second Edition

This new, revised, expanded and updated edition of a book first published in 1997 includes comprehensive entries on saints associated with the see; bishops (including monastic bishops) and abbots; priests from the earliest period to the sixteenth century (the...This new, revised, expanded and updated edition of a book first published in 1997 includes comprehensive entries on saints associated with the...
Author/Editor: Edward Daly & Kieran Devlin
The Proctors' accounts for the parish church of St Werburgh, Dublin, 1481–1627

The Proctors' accounts for the parish church of St Werburgh, Dublin, 1481–1627

The proctors’ accounts of St Werburgh’s are unique in that no similar body of material has survived for any other Irish parish. These lay sources reveal the workings of a parochial community, enabling comparisons to be made with contemporary...The proctors’ accounts of St Werburgh’s are unique in that no similar body of material has survived for any other Irish parish....
Author/Editor: Adrian Empey, editor
The rituals and rhetoric of Queenship

The rituals and rhetoric of Queenship

Medieval to early modern

This book explores the ways in which, whether a consort or a ruler in her own right, the late medieval and early modern queen was a pivotal, and often controversial, figure. By examining the historical character of the...This book explores the ways in which, whether a consort or a ruler in her own right, the late medieval and...
Author/Editor: Liz Oakley-Brown & Louise J. Wilkinson, editors
Franco-Irish military connections, 1590–1945

Franco-Irish military connections, 1590–1945

The connection between France and Ireland is an historic one. For generations of Irish exiles, France has provided a new home and it is often forgotten that the initial link between the two countries was a military one....The connection between France and Ireland is an historic one. For generations of Irish exiles, France has provided a new home and...
Author/Editor: Nathalie Genet-Rouffiac & David Murphy, editors
Scotland and the Ulster plantations

Scotland and the Ulster plantations

Explorations in the British settlements of Stuart Ireland

As we approach the 400th anniversary of the official Plantation of Ulster, this volume seeks to make an important historiographical contribution to that event. This edited collection, based largely on the proceedings of two conferences, studies the medieval inheritance...As we approach the 400th anniversary of the official Plantation of Ulster, this volume seeks to make an important historiographical contribution to...
Author/Editor: William P. Kelly & John R. Young, editors
Ireland and Spain in the reign of Philip II
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Ireland and Spain in the reign of Philip II

A new and welcome contribution to Irish-Spanish historical studies has come with the publication of Ireland and Spain in the reign of Philip II. As the title reveals, this book treats of the close historical ties that have...A new and welcome contribution to Irish-Spanish historical studies has come with the publication of Ireland and Spain in the reign of...
Author/Editor: Enrique Garciá Hernán
Maps in those days

Maps in those days

Cartographic methods before 1850

For some years the emphasis in map-historical literature has been either on traditional cartobibliography or on various cultural, social and ideological aspects of the mapping process. By contrast, few recent books have described what early cartographers actually did. Maps...For some years the emphasis in map-historical literature has been either on traditional cartobibliography or on various cultural, social and ideological aspects...
Author/Editor: J.H. Andrews
Bristol's trade with Ireland and the Continent, 1503–1601

Bristol's trade with Ireland and the Continent, 1503–1601

The evidence of the Exchequer customs accounts

The English exchequer customs accounts are the most thorough, comprehensive and long-running records of foreign trade to exist for any country in the pre-modern period. The eleven Bristol 'particular' accounts and port books reproduced in this volume were chosen...The English exchequer customs accounts are the most thorough, comprehensive and long-running records of foreign trade to exist for any country in...
Author/Editor: Evan Jones & Susan Flavin, editors