Ireland : a History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day.
Drawing from a wealth of historical and scholarly sources, Johnson traces the important social, religious and political development of Ireland's struggle to become a unified, settled country. Johnson describes with accurate detail Ireland's barbarous beginnings, Oliver Cromwell's reli...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago Review Press,
2005.
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| Summary: | Drawing from a wealth of historical and scholarly sources, Johnson traces the important social, religious and political development of Ireland's struggle to become a unified, settled country. Johnson describes with accurate detail Ireland's barbarous beginnings, Oliver Cromwell's religious ""crusade, "" the tragic Irish potato famine, the Ulster resistance and the outstanding fact of the constant British-Irish connection and the fearful toll of life it exacted. Among the anonymous multitude are famous names such as ""Silken Thom"" Kildare, Thomas Wentworth, Archbishop Plunkett and Lord Frederic. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781613732526 161373252X 9781613732519 1613732511 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |