Making Ireland English: The Irish Aristocracy in the Seventeenth Century

by Jane Ohlmeyer

Book Overview

This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive study of the remaking of Ireland's aristocracy during the seventeenth century. It is a study of the Irish peerage and its role in the establishment of English control over Ireland. Jane Ohlmeyer's research in the archives of the era yields a major new understanding of early Irish and British elite, and it offers fresh perspectives on the experiences of the Irish, English, and Scottish lords...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300236565
• ISBN13: 9780300236569
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"