Ireland in the Age of the Tudors 1447-1603 (Longman History of Ireland)

About this book

The second edition of Steven Elliss formidable work represents not only a survey but also a critique of traditional perspectives on the making of modern Ireland. It explores Ireland both as a frontier society divided between English and Gaelic worlds and also as a problem of government within the wider Tudor state. This edition includes two major new chapters: the first extending the coverage back a generation to assess the impact on English Ireland of the crisis of lordship that accompanied the Lancastrian collapse in France and England; and the second greatly extending the material on the Gaelic response to Tudor expansion.