1st Edition
Rockites, Magistrates and Parliamentarians Governance and Disturbances in Pre-Famine Rural Munster
By Shunsuke Katsuta
Copyright 2018
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Early nineteenth-century Ireland witnessed widespread and prolonged rural unrest, as groups of labourers and smallholders formed secret societies demanding land reform, fair rents, the protection of wages and an end to tithes. One of the most active of these groups - the Rockites - waged a vigorous and sustained campaign of arson, intimidation and houghing (maiming of animals) across the southern... Read more
Introduction 1. Rockites as Agrarian Disturbers 2. Rockite Organisation and Activities 3. The Political World of the Rockites 4. Rockites and the Government. Conclusion: The Rockites in Context
Biography
Shunsuke Katsuta is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology at the University of Tokyo.
