Roy James Charles Roy

Elizabethan Conquest of Ireland (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Queen Elizabeth's bloody rule over Ireland is examined in this "richly-textured, impressively researched and powerfully involving" history (Roy Foster, author of Modern Ireland, 1600-1972). England's violent subjugation of Ireland in the sixteenth century under Queen Elizabeth I was one of the most consequential chapters in the long, tumultuous relationship between the two countries. In this engaging and scholarly history, James C. Roy tells the story of revolt, suppression, atrocities, and genocide in the first colonial "failed state". At the time, Ireland was viewed as a peripheral theater, a haven for Catholic heretics, and a potential "back door" for foreign invasions. Tormented by such fears, lord deputies sent by the queen reacted with an iron hand. These men and their subordinates-including great writers such as Edmund spencer and Walter Raleigh-would gather in salons to pore over the "Irish Question". But such deliberations were rewarded by no final triumph, only debilitating warfare that stretched across Elizabeth's long rule.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen and Sword
• Seitenzahl: 668
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526770738
• Artikelnr.: 62751153

Autorenporträt

JAMES CHARLES ROY is an independent scholar with an international reputation as an expert in Irish history. He is a well-known member of the Irish-American academic community, and also a former editorial contributor and American representative of the Journal of the Galway Archaeological & Historical Society, co-founded by Lady Gregory in 1900. A prolific author of books and articles on history and travel, he has been published by leading imprints in the US, Ireland and Germany. Also a gifted photographer, his work has been exhibited at the Boston Public Library, the National Library of Ireland and numerous other venues.