1st Edition
Ireland in the Age of the Tudors The Destruction of Hiberno-Norman Civilization
By R. Dudley Edwards
Copyright 1977
222 Pages
by
Routledge
Originally published in 1977 this book describes a period which is a watershed in Irish history. In some ways, it marks the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the modern state of Ireland. The book is a study of the growth of English colonialism in sixteenth century Ireland. It traces the continuity of policy, if not of methods of executing policy, of the successive Tudor monarchs. The... Read more
1. Prologue 1450–1513 2. Reformation Diplomacy 3. The Protestant Challenge 4. The Catholic Reaction 5. Elizabeth’s Settlement 6. Colonialism and Papal Crusade 7. Catholic Ireland’s War 8. Mellifont Compromise 9. Epilogue
Biography
R. Dudley Edwards (1909–1998)
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