Debating tudor policy in sixteenth-century Ireland : 'reform' treatises and political discourse
Politics and government Ireland e-böcker History Sources
Manchester University Press
2018
EISBN 9781526118172
Front matter; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on conventions; Preface; Introduction: Debating Tudor policy in Ireland: The 'reform' treatises; Conquest or conciliation? The policy debate in Henrician Ireland, c.1515-1546; 'Reform' treatises and the inception of the Tudor conquest in mid-sixteenth-century Ireland, 1546-1565; Treatise writing and the expansion of Tudor government in mid-Elizabethan Ireland, 1565-1578; Complaint, reform and conflict: Treatise writing in late Elizabethan Ireland, 1579-1594.
Conclusion ; Select bibliography of primary sources; Index.
This book provides the first systematic analysis of the whole range of treatises written on the 'reform' of Ireland in Tudor times. By assessing approximately six-hundred extant treatises it demonstrates how the Tudors viewed Ireland and how they arrived at the policies which they chose to implement there during the sixteenth century.
Conclusion ; Select bibliography of primary sources; Index.
This book provides the first systematic analysis of the whole range of treatises written on the 'reform' of Ireland in Tudor times. By assessing approximately six-hundred extant treatises it demonstrates how the Tudors viewed Ireland and how they arrived at the policies which they chose to implement there during the sixteenth century.
