The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 2, 1550–1730

Offers fresh perspectives on the political, military, religious, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and environmental history of early modern Ireland.

Jane Ohlmeyer (Edited by), Thomas Bartlett (General editor)

9781107117631, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 April 2018

806 pages, 33 b/w illus. 4 maps 10 tables
23.5 x 15.9 x 4 cm, 1.4 kg

'The new approaches and topics set out here will certainly … [attract] a new generation of historians while revitalizing the field and those already working in it, ensuring the continued growth of interest in early modern Ireland. Each of the essays, too numerous to consider individually here, set out larger developments and themes in clear and accessible language suitable for undergraduates and those new to the subject … while offering novel and nuanced interpretations sure to reinvigorate advanced scholars.' Valerie McGowan-Doyle, Renaissance Quarterly

This volume offers fresh perspectives on the political, military, religious, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and environmental history of early modern Ireland and situates these discussions in global and comparative contexts. The opening chapters focus on 'Politics' and 'Religion and War' and offer a chronological narrative, informed by the re-interpretation of new archives. The remaining chapters are more thematic, with chapters on 'Society', 'Culture', and 'Economy and Environment', and often respond to wider methodologies and historiographical debates. Interdisciplinary cross-pollination - between, on the one hand, history and, on the other, disciplines like anthropology, archaeology, geography, computer science, literature and gender and environmental studies - informs many of the chapters. The volume offers a range of new departures by a generation of scholars who explain in a refreshing and accessible manner how and why people acted as they did in the transformative and tumultuous years between 1550 and 1730.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Ireland in the early modern world Jane Ohlmeyer
Part II. Politics: 2. Politics, policy and power, 1550–1603 Ciaran Brady
3. Political change and social transformation, 1603–1641 David Edwards
4. Politics, 1641–1660 John Cunningham
5. Restoration politics, 1660–1691 Ted McCormack
6. Politics, 1692–1730 Charles Ivar McGrath
7. The emergence of a protestant society, 1691–1730 D. W. Hayton
Part III. Religion and War: 8. Counter reformation: the Catholic Church, 1550–1641 Tadhg Ó Hannracháin
9. Protestant reformations, 1550–1641 Colm Lennon
10. Establishing a confessional Ireland, 1641–1691 Robert Armstrong
11. Wars of religion, 1641–1691 John Jeremiah Cronin and Pádraig Lenihan
Part IV. Society: 12. Society, 1550–1730 Clodagh Tait
13. Men, women, children and the family, 1550–1730 Mary O'Dowd
14. Domestic materiality in Ireland, 1550–1730 Susan Flavin
15. Irish art and architecture, 1550–1730 Jane Fenlon
16. Ireland in the Atlantic world: migration and cultural transfer William O'Reilly
Part V. Culture: 17. Language, print and literature in Irish, 1550–1630 Marc Caball
18. Language, literature and print in Irish, 1630–1730 Bernadette Cunningham
19. The emergence of English print and literature, 1630–1730 Deana Rankin
20. A world of honour: aristocratic mentalité Brendan Kane
21. Irish political thought and intellectual history, 1550–1730 Ian Campbell
Part VI. Economy and Environment: 22. Economic life, 1550–1730 Raymond Gillespie
23. Plantations, 1550–1641 Annaleigh Margery
24. The down survey and the Cromwellian land settlement Micheál Ó Siochrú and David Brown
25. Environmental history of Ireland, 1550–1730 Frank Ludlow and Arlene Crampsie
Part VII. Afterword: 26. Interpreting the history of early modern Ireland: from the sixteenth century to the present Nicholas Canny.

Subject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], British & Irish history [HBJD1]