Divided Kingdom: Ireland 1630-1800 (Oxford History of Early Modern Europe)

534 Pages·2008·2.96 MB·English

by  Sean Connolly

OXFORD HISTORY OF
EARLY MODERN EUROPE
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DIVIDED KINGDOM
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DIVIDED KINGDOM
IRELAND 1630–1800
S. J. CONNOLLY
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1.Ireland—History—17thcentury.2.Ireland—History—18th
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Ireland—Politicsandgovernment—18thcentury.5.British—Ireland—
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Preface
DividedKingdomisthesecondpartofastudyoftheearlymodernoriginsofIrish
society. As with the first volume, Contested Island, its main concern is with the
changing relationships and patterns of interaction among the different sections
of an ethnically, and by this time religiously, divided society, continuing the
storyfromIreland’spartintheBritishcivilwarsofthemid-seventeenthcentury
totheeraoftheAmericanandFrenchrevolutions.
The chronologyof thissecond volume brings me to the period in which my
ownresearchhasbeenconcentrated.Butabroadlybasedsurveyofthiskindhas
nevertheless made it necessary to rely in many respects on the work of other
historians.Asintheearliervolume,Ihavetriedtoavoidencumberingthemain
text with details of historiographical debates. However the footnotes should
indicatewhereIamfollowingtheargumentsofothers,whereIamtakingsides
onpointsofcontroversy,andwhereIamofferinganopinionofmyown.
Themainpartofthetextwascompleted,alongwiththewholeofthepreceding
volume,duringaperiodofresearchleavesupported byQueen’sUniversityand
by the Arts and Humanities Research Board. For advice on a variety of points
IamgratefultoDrLiamChambers,DrNealGarnham,MrGordonRees,and
MrJamesWilson.Ihavelearnedmuchfromarangeofconversations,shortand
long, with my head of department, Professor David Hayton, himself a leading
authorityononepartoftheperiodcoveredhere.ImustalsothankDrMicheálÓ
Siochrúforadetailedcritique,farabovethecallofduty,ofthewholeofChapters
2and3.ProfessorRobertEvanshasbeenapatientandunobtrusiveeditor.Mavis
Bracegirdlehas,asalways,combinedgenerousmoralsupportfortheprojectwith
afrankcuriosityastowhen,ifever,itwaslikelytoreachaconclusion.
S.J.C.
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Contents
ListofMaps xi
ListofTables xii
Abbreviations xiii
1. Lowestoft,Suffolk,1665 1
2. TheCrisisofCompositeMonarchy 4
‘Thorough’ 8
ParliamentaryOpposition1640–1641 24
QueriesandArguments 31
Ulster’sVespers 35
TheHillofCrofty 51
3. AWarofManyParts 60
Religion,King,orNation? 60
WarandPeaces 77
BloodandRuin 93
‘Transport,Transplant,ismyUnderstandingofEnglish’ 102
4. ThroughtheLookingGlass:RestorationIreland 119
TheBirthoftheProtestantNation 120
DecreesofInnocence 130
DissentersandRemonstrants 139
KingCharles’sIreland 154
IrishUnderstandings 165
5. Freedom,Religion,andLaws 173
TheCatholicSuccession 173
SoleRight 191
PreventingtheFurtherGrowthofPopery 197
PreventingtheFurtherGrowthofDissent 204
6. MetropolitanProvince 208
TheCaseofIreland 208
TheRageofParty 213
ADependentKingdom 218