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The plantation of Ulster, the British colonisation of the north of Ireland in the seventeenth century, Jonathan Bardon

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The plantation of Ulster, the British colonisation of the north of Ireland in the seventeenth century, Jonathan Bardon

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-370) and index

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The plantation of Ulster

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

795181802

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Bardon

Sub title

the British colonisation of the north of Ireland in the seventeenth century

Summary

The Plantation of Ulster followed the Flight of the Earls when the lands of the departed Gaelic Lords were forfeited to the Crown. Bardon's history is the first major, accessible survey of this key event in British and Irish history in a lifetime

Table Of Contents

'A prince's purse and power must do it' : Elizabeth and Gaelic Ulster -- La jornada de Irlanda -- Mellifont -- British colonisation begins : Derry, Coleraine, Belfast and Newry -- 'Civilizinge of those rude partes' : Down and Antrim -- The flight of the earls and O'Doherty's rebellion -- The 'printed book' : planning and justifying colonisation -- 'Great things move slowly' : the plantation of Ulster begins -- The Londonderry Plantation -- 'Not a more discontented people in Christendom' : the native Irish and the plantation -- Progress and problems -- Rebellion -- Reconquest and recovery -- Legacy

Target audience

adult

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