Religion, Law, and Power: The Making of Protestant Ireland 1660-1760

by S.J. Connolly

Book Overview

This is a study of religion, politics, and society in a period of great significance in modern Irish history. The late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries saw the consolidation of the power of the Protestant landed class, the enactment of penal laws against Catholics, and constitutional conflicts that forced Irish Protestants to redefine their ideas of national identity. Connolly's scholarly and wide-ranging study examines these developments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198205872
• ISBN13: 9780198205876
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"