Aristocratic Women in Ireland, 1450-1660

Name: Aristocratic Women in Ireland, 1450-1660
Brand: Boydell Press
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By Damien Duffy

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This book examines the lives of aristocratic Anglo-Irish women in late medieval and early modern Ireland as illustrated by an in-depth cross generational analysis of women born or married into the important Ormond family between the 1450s and 1660. It outlines and assesses their individual and collective significance in negotiating the preservation and advancement of the family's political, landed, economic, social and confessional interests, from the chronic instability of the Wars of the Roses, through the vicissitudes of the Tudor, Stuart, Commonwealth and Restoration eras. In gauging the relative significance of the Ormond women's experiences and contributions, the book explores their roles in both private dynastic and wider public circles within the broader context of aristocratic families elsewhere in Ireland, England and continental Europe. The cross-generational approach provides a chronologicaland comparative appraisal of all aspects of each of these women's lives, roles and contributions - private, public, social, economic, confessional and political - all of which were intimately intertwined with the Ormond family's changing political fortunes, succession challenges, shifting dynastic alliances, and financial difficulties over the course of two centuries of profound change and upheaval in Ireland.

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Number of Pages:: 294
Release Date:: 2021-03-22
Publication Date:: 2021-04-16
Publisher:: Boydell Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1783275936
ISBN13:: 9781783275939
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 608 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 20 cm

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