Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 3 (of 3)

Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 3 (of 3)

By a mistake which was not the authors, the title-pages of its first instalment described this book as being in two volumes. A third had, nevertheless, been previously announced, and this promise is now fulfilled. The Desmond and Tyrone rebellions, the destruction of the Armada, the disastrous enterprise of Essex, and two foreign invasions, have been described in some detail; and even those who speak slightingly of drum and trumpet histories may find something of interest in the adventures of Captain Cuellar, and in the chapter on Elizabethan Ireland. A critic has said that your true State-paper historian may be known by his ignorance of all that has already been printed on any given subject. If this wise saying be true, then am I no State-paper historian; for the number of original documents in print steadily increases as we go down the stream of time, and they have been freely drawn upon here. But by far the larger part still remains in manuscript, and the labour connected with them has been greater than before, since Mr. H. C. Hamiltons guidance was wanting after 1592. Much help is given by Fynes Morysons history. Moryson was a great traveller, whose business it had been to study manners and customs, who was Mountjoys secretary during most of his time in Ireland, and whose brother held[Pg vi] good official positions both before and after. Much of what this amusing writer says is corroborated by independent evidence. Other authorities are indicated in the foot-notes, or have been discussed in the preface to the first two volumes. Wherever no other collection is mentioned, it is to be understood that all letters and papers cited are in the public Record Office. It has not been thought generally necessary to give the dates both in old and new style. The officials, and Englishmen generally, invariably refused to adopt the Gregorian calendar, but the priests, and many Irishmen who followed them, naturally took the opposite course. As a rule, therefore, the chronology is old style, but a double date has been given wherever confusion seemed likely to arise. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 52713
Author: Bagwell, Richard
Release Date: Aug 3, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English