Scottish Covenanters and Irish Confederates

Scottish Covenanters and Irish Confederates
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Publisher : Ulster Historical Foundation
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 1903688469
ISBN-13 : 9781903688465
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Scottish Covenanters and Irish Confederates by : David Stevenson

The New Scots, the men of the army the Scottish covenanters sent to Ireland, were the most formidable opponents of the Irish confederates for several crucial years in the 1640s, preventing them conquering all Ireland and destroying the Protestant plantation in Ulster. The greatest challenge to the power of the covenanters in Scotland at a time when they seemed invincible came from a largely Irish army, sent to Scotland by the confederates and commanded by the royalist marquis of Montrose. Thus the relations of Scotland and Ireland are clearly of great importance in understanding the complex 'War of the Three Kingdoms' and the interactions of the civil wars and revolutions of England, Scotland and Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century. But though historians have studied Anglo-Scottish and Anglo-Irish relations extensively, Scottish-Irish relations have been largely neglected. Scottish Covenanters and Irish Confederates attempts to fill this gap, and in doing so provides the first comprehensive study of the Scottish Army in Ireland.

Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650

Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 251
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ISBN-10 : 9781317061052
ISBN-13 : 1317061055
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Royalists at War in Scotland and Ireland, 1638–1650 by : Barry Robertson

Analysing the make-up and workings of the Royalist party in Scotland and Ireland during the civil wars of the mid-seventeenth century, Royalists at War is the first major study to explore who Royalists were in these two countries and why they gave their support to the Stuart kings. It compares and contrasts the actions, motivations and situations of key Scottish and Irish Royalists, paying particular attention to concepts such as honour, allegiance and loyalty, as well as practical considerations such as military capability, levels of debt, religious tensions, and political geography. It also shows how and why allegiances changed over time and how this impacted on the royal war effort. Alongside this is an investigation into why the Royalist cause failed in Scotland and Ireland and the implications this had for crown strategy within a wider British context. It also examines the extent to which Royalism in Scotland and Ireland differed from their English counterpart, which in turn allows an assessment to be made as to what constituted core elements of British and Irish Royalism.

Kingdoms in Crisis

Kingdoms in Crisis
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Publisher : Four Courts Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015047599595
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Kingdoms in Crisis by : Micheál Ó Siochrú

This book charts developments in Ireland in the aftermath of the Ulster rising in October 1641. For the next twelve years the island was engulfed in a ruinous conflict involving Irish confederates, Scottish covenanters, English parliamentarians and royalists from each of the three Stuart kingdoms. The 1640s, however, also witnessed a variety of political, constitutional, military and cultural initiatives, centred primarily (though by no means exclusively) on the confederate administration in Kilkenny. Following on from the pioneering research of Donal Cregan, leading scholars in the field examine the major issues of the time, in a series of challenging and accessible essays. -- Publisher description.

Conquest and Resistance

Conquest and Resistance
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 389
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ISBN-10 : 9789004476554
ISBN-13 : 9004476555
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Conquest and Resistance by : Padraig Lenihan

These ten thematic essays examine the three Irish wars of the seventeenth-century in relation to each other, thereby yielding important comparative insights. The military potential of England and, later, an emergent Britain, was immeasurably greater than that of Irish Catholics. John McGurk, James Scott Wheeler and Paul Kerrigan evaluate the logistical and naval strategies exploiting this advantage. Such was the disparity that an effective Irish military response to conquest and colonisation was only feasible in the favourable archipelagic and continental European circumstances explored by John Young and Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin. Defeat or victory ultimately depended on relative military performance in manoeuvre, battle and siege, operations evaluated by Pádraig Lenihan, Donal O’Carroll and James Burke. Bernadette Whelan examines the role of women as victim, survivor and, occasionally, combatant. ’You cannot carry fire in a sack’, Raymond Gillespie notes the impact of war, especially on urban Ireland.

Union and Empire

Union and Empire
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 317
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ISBN-10 : 9780521850797
ISBN-13 : 0521850797
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Union and Empire by : Allan I. Macinnes

A major interpretation of the 1707 Act of Union and the making of the United Kingdom.

Conquest and Union

Conquest and Union
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 342
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ISBN-10 : 9781317894223
ISBN-13 : 1317894227
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Conquest and Union by : Steven G. Ellis

The British Isles is a multi-national arena, but its history has traditionally been studied from a distinctively English -- often, indeed, London -- perspective. Now, however, the interweaving of the distinct but mutually-dependent histories of the four nations is at the heart of some of the liveliest historical research today. In this major contribution to that research, eleven leading scholars consider key aspects of the internal relations of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales in the early modern period, and the problems of accommodating different -- and resistant -- cultures to a single centralizing polity. The contributors are: Sarah Barber; Toby Barnard; Ciaran Brady; Keith M. Brown; Jane Dawson; Steven G. Ellis; David Hayton; Philip Jenkins; Alan Macinnes; Michael Mac Craith; and John Morrill.

The British Wars, 1637-1651

The British Wars, 1637-1651
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 113
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ISBN-10 : 9781134793426
ISBN-13 : 1134793421
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis The British Wars, 1637-1651 by : Peter Gaunt

During the 1640s, the kingdoms ruled by Charles I - England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland - were gripped by a series of civil wars and conflicts which were, in part, distinct to each kingdom, but which also overlapped and inter-related, leading some British historians to portray them as a single 'British' conflict. The British Wars by Peter Gaunt offers a concise history of these wars, from the beginning of Charles I's travails with the Scots to the conclusion of the wars at the Battle of Worcester and the English conquest of Ireland and Scotland. Providing a clear, concise and balanced account of events in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, this book * explores the relationship between the three kingdoms *looks at military, political and religious developments in each * assesses whether the wars can be seen as a single 'British' conflict or should be viewed as a series of inter-related but essentially separate wars.

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781137018854
ISBN-13 : 1137018852
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Oliver Cromwell by : Patrick Little

Little integrates the latest research from younger and established scholars to provide a new evaluation and 'biography' of Cromwell. The book challenges received wisdom about Cromwell's rise to power, his political and religious beliefs, his relationship with various communities across the British Isles and his role as Lord Protector.

An Unofficial Alliance, Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654

An Unofficial Alliance, Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9789047402534
ISBN-13 : 9047402537
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis An Unofficial Alliance, Scotland and Sweden 1569-1654 by : Alexia Grosjean

This work reveals the hitherto unrepresented relationship that developed between Scotland and Sweden during the second half of the sixteenth and first half of the seventeenth centuries. Sweden's emergence as an independent Nordic, and indeed European, power required continual military and economic growth, which in turn necessitated a constant supply of manpower. The initially piecemeal migration of private individuals from Scotland bringing both martial and mercantile skills to Sweden gradually grew into an informal alliance, albeit officially sanctioned by the Swedes, based on personal networks. Equally the impact of Sweden's support for the Scottish Covenanting movement on British state-formation is scrutinized. This fresh perspective on Scottish-Swedish connections is aimed at those interested in state-formation, migration studies, diplomatic developments, and military history.