Religion, law, and power : the making of Protestant Ireland, 1660-1760
Sean Connolly (Author)
The consolidation of the power of the Protestant landed class, the enactment of penal laws against Catholics, and constitutional conflicts forced Irish Protestants to redefine their ideas of national identity. The author examines these developments and sets them in their historical context.
eBook, English, 1992
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford [England], New York, 1992
History
1 online resource (viii, 346 pages)
700978274
Part 1 A new Ireland: December 1659 - "a nation born in a day"; settlement and explanation; a foreign jurisdiction; papists and fanatics; counter-revolution defeated. Part 2 An elite and its world: uneven development; gentlemen and others; manners. Part 3 The structure of politics: a company of madmen - the politics of party 1691-1741; little employments - smiles, good dinners; politics and the people. Part 4 Relationships: kingdoms; nations; communities; orders. Part 5 The inventions of men in the worship of God - religion and the churches: numbers; catholics; dissenters; churchmen; Christians. Part 6 Law and the maintenance of order: resources; the limits of order; the rule of law; views from below - disaffection and the threat of rebellion; views from above - perception of Catholic threat. Part 7 "Reasonable Inconveniences" - the theory and practice of the penal laws: "Raw head and bloody bones" - parliamentary management and penal legislation; debate; the conversion of the natives; Protestant ascendancy? the consequences of the penal laws.
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011