The Scots In Early Stuart Ireland: Union And Separation In Two Kingdoms
by David Edwards
2021-07-20 16:27:33
The Scots In Early Stuart Ireland: Union And Separation In Two Kingdoms
by David Edwards
2021-07-20 16:27:33
By exploring Irish-Scottish connections during the period 1603-60 this book brings important new perspectives to the study of the Early Stuart state. Acknowledging the pivotal role of the Hiberno-Scottish world, it identifies some of the limits of En...
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By exploring Irish-Scottish connections during the period 1603-60 this book brings important new perspectives to the study of the Early Stuart state. Acknowledging the pivotal role of the Hiberno-Scottish world, it identifies some of the limits of England''s Anglicising influence in thenorthern and western "British Isles" and the often slight basis on which the Stuart pursuit of a new "British" consciousness operated.Regarding the Anglo-Scottish relationship, it was chiefly in Ireland that the English and Scots intermingled after 1603, with a variety of consequences, often destabilising for English, Scots and Irish. The importance of the Gaelic sphere in Irish-Scottish connections also receives much greaterattention here than in previous accounts. This Gaedhealtacht played a central role in the transmission of religious radicalism, both Catholic and Protestant, in Ireland and Scotland, ultimately leading to political crisis and revolution within the British Isles.
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