Making Ireland English : the Irish aristocracy in the seventeenth century / Jane Ohlmeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ohlmeyer, Jane H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English--Ireland--History--17th century.

English.

Nobility--Ireland--History--17th century.

Nobility.

Social change--Ireland--History--17th century.

Social change.

Ireland--Politics and government--17th century.

Ireland.

Ireland--Social conditions--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive study of the remaking of Ireland's aristocracy during the seventeenth century. It is a study of the Irish peerage and its role in the establishment of English control over Ireland. Jane Ohlmeyer's research in the archives of the era yields a major new understanding of early Irish and British elite, and it offers fresh perspectives on the experiences of the Irish, English, and Scottish lords in wider British and continental contexts.The book examines the resident peerage as an aggregate of 91 families, not simply 311 individuals, and demonstrates how a reconstituted peerage of mixed faith and ethnicity assimilated the established Catholic aristocracy. Tracking the impact of colonization, civil war, and other significant factors on the fortunes of the peerage in Ireland, Ohlmeyer arrives at a fresh assessment of the key accomplishment of the new Irish elite: making Ireland English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Conventions

Glossary

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. The Transformation of the Peerage

3. The Transformation of Noble Culture

4. Landed Nobility

5. Religion

6. Marriage

7. Power, Politics and Public Office

8. Early Stuart Parliaments

9. Civil War

10. Survival

11. The Restoration Land Settlement

12. Political Life

13. Income

14. Expenditure

15. Lineage and Formation

16. Death and Memory

17. Conclusion

Notes

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Appendix IV

Appendix V

Appendix VI

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613681225

9781280770456

1280770457

9780300177503

030017750X

OCLC:

1024040762