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The Scots in early Stuart Ireland : union and separation in two kingdoms

Edwards, David, 1963- editor, Egan, Simon (Historian), editor

Overview

By exploring Irish-Scottish connections during the period 1603-60 this book brings important new perspectives to the study of the Early Stuart state. Acknowledging the pivotal role of the Hiberno-Scottish world, it identifies some of the limits of England's Anglicising influence in the northern and western 'British Isles' and the often slight basis on which the Stuart pursuit of a new 'British' consciousness operated. Regarding the Anglo-Scottish relationship, it was chiefly in Ireland that the English and Scots intermingled after 1603, with a variety of consequences, often destabilising for English, Scots and Irish. The importance of the Gaelic sphere in Irish-Scottish connections also receives much greater attention here than in previous accounts. This Gaedhealtacht played a central role in the transmission of religious radicalism, both Catholic and Protestant, in Ireland and Scotland, ultimately leading to political crisis and revolution within the British Isles.

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Subject: Scots Ireland History 17th century. / Ireland Ethnic relations History 17th century. / Ireland Politics and government 17th century. / Gaeltacht (Ireland) History 17th century.
• ISBN: 9780719097218, 0719097215

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DA940.S36 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE