New Foundations (Revised Edition): Ireland 1660-1800

Type

Book

Authors

David Dickson

ISBN 10

0716526328

ISBN 13

9780716526322

Tags

Great Britain, Europe

Description

The cataclysmic events that changed Ireland in the century before 1660 led to the emergence of a new social order, dominated by a fairly homogeneous ruling class of Anglican gentry. This group went on to achieve a remarkable economic and political ascendancy over rival social and religious groups until the last quarter of the eighteenth century. New Foundations is a comprehensive general survey of this formative period of Irish history and explores how such a monopoly of power was achieved, consolidated and eventually challenged - from above and from below. - from Amzon

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