The Scots in Early Stuart Ireland: Union and Separation in Two Kingdoms

David Edwards (Curatore)

Manchester University Press, 2019

Exploring Irish-Scottish connections in 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 the northern 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. The importance of the Gaelic sphere in Irish-Scottish connections also receives much greater attention 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. -- .

• Curatore: David Edwards
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Collana: Studies in Early Modern Irish History
• Anno: 2019
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 296 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• EAN: 9781526139337

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