Castles and colonists : an archaeology of Elizabethan Ireland / Eric Klingelhofer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klingelhöfer, Eric C., author.

Series:

Manchester Spenser.

The Manchester Spenser

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English--Ireland--History--16th century.

English.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ireland.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Ireland--History--1558-1603.

Ireland.

Ireland--Social conditions--16th century.

Ireland--Social life and customs--16th century.

Ireland--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 176 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book examines life in the leading province of Elizabeth I's nascent empire. It shows how an Ireland of colonising English farmers and displaced Irish 'savages' were ruled by an imported Protestant elite from their fortified manors and medieval castles. The book displays how a generation of English 'adventurers' including such influential intellectual and political figures as Spenser and Ralegh, tried to create a new kind of England, one that gave full opportunity to their Renaissance tastes and ambitions. Based on decades of research, it details how archaeology had revealed the traces of a short-lived, but significant, culture that has, until now, been eclipsed in ideological conflicts between Tudor queens, Hapsburg hegemony and native Irish traditions.

Contents:

Introduction

Archaeology and Elizabeth's empire

Elizabethan fortifications in Ireland

Colonial settlement

Vernacular architecture

The archaeology of Kilcolman Castle

Spenserian architecture in Ireland

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Apr 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781781702505

1781702500

9781847793195

1847793193

OCLC:

818847441