{"product_id":"the-chief-governors-the-rise-and-fall-of-reform-government-in-tudor-ireland-1536-1588-hardback-9780521461764","title":"The Chief Governors; The Rise and Fall of Reform Government in Tudor Ireland 1536–1588 (Hardback) 9780521461764","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Chief Governors\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Reform Government in Tudor Ireland 1536–1588\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA revisionist account of Irish history under the Tudors.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCiaran Brady (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521461764, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 February 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 3 cm, 0.651 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Chief Governors is a compelling book, lucidly and elegantly written … this is a hugely important book which no one interested in early modern Ireland can afford to ignore. It should set the terms of debate for years to come.' Andrew Hadfield, Irish Studies Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book offers an extended reinterpretation of English policy in Ireland over the sixteenth century. It seeks to show that the major conflicts between Tudor governors and native lords which characterised the period were not the result of a deliberate Tudor strategy of confrontation, but arose from a failed experiment in legal reform and cultural assimilation which had been applied with remarkable success elsewhere in the Tudor dominions. The book identifies a distinct administrative style which evolved in Irish government in the mid-sixteenth century under a complex set of pressures acting on the would-be reformers both in Ireland and at the Tudor court, and argues that it was this highly centralised and intensely activist mode of government that undermined the aims of reform policy and provoked alienation and hostility.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Ireland in the wake of the Kildare rebellion, 1536\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Course of Reform Government, 1536–1578: 1. Reform as process: the viceroyalties of Lord Leonard Grey and Sir Anthony St Leger, 1536–1547\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ireland and the mid-Tudor crisis, 1547–1556\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reform by programme: the viceroyalties of the earl of Sussex, 1556–1565\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reform on contract: the viceroyalties of Sir Henry Sidney, 1566–1578\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: government in Ireland, 1536–1579\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Impact of Reform Government, 1556–1583: 5. Reform government and the feudal magnates\u003cbr\u003e 6. Reform government and the community of the Pale\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reform government and Gaelic Ireland\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: reform in crisis: the viceroyalty of Sir John Perrot, 1584–1588\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007559684376,"sku":"9780521461764","price":96.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521461764i_3ef6cbf7-2624-4536-a43a-e68b281e3096.jpg?v=1691382439","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-chief-governors-the-rise-and-fall-of-reform-government-in-tudor-ireland-1536-1588-hardback-9780521461764","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}