Making Ireland English
Making Ireland English

Author: Jane Ohlmeyer

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2012-06-26

Total Pages: 708

ISBN-13: 030017750X

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This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive study of the remaking of Ireland's aristocracy during the seventeenth century. It is a study of the Irish peerage and its role in the establishment of English control over Ireland. Jane Ohlmeyer's research in the archives of the era yields a major new understanding of early Irish and British elite, and it offers fresh perspectives on the experiences of the Irish, English, and Scottish lords in wider British and continental contexts. The book examines the resident peerage as an aggregate of 91 families, not simply 311 individuals, and demonstrates how a reconstituted peerage of mixed faith and ethnicity assimilated the established Catholic aristocracy. Tracking the impact of colonization, civil war, and other significant factors on the fortunes of the peerage in Ireland, Ohlmeyer arrives at a fresh assessment of the key accomplishment of the new Irish elite: making Ireland English.

Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Illustrious Family of the Boyles
Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Illustrious Family of the Boyles

Author: Eustace Budgell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-06-30

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780259203681

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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of the Illustrious Family of the Boyles: Particularly, of the Late Eminently Learned Charles Earl of Orrery; In Which Is Contain'd Many Curious Pieces of English History, Not Extant in Any Other Author; Extracted From Original Papers and Manuscripts Them, I flatter myfelf they will neither be unacceptable or umy'eful to the Publick. I am humbly bf Opinion, That there is no fort of Writing of more real Uji' and Advantage, than a true Account of the 'liver, Ac tiom, and Chameierr of emi nent Men. At the fame Time it mull: be confeffed, That there is no Kind of Writing, in which it is more difficult thoroughly to fuc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.