The Making of the British Isles: The State of Britain and Ireland, 1450-1660The history of the British Isles is the story of four peoples linked together by a process of state building that was as much about far-sighted planning and vision as coincidence, accident and failure. It is a history of revolts and reversal, familial bonds and enmity, the study of which does much to explain the underlying tension between the nations of modern day Britain. The Making of the British Islesrecounts the development of the nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland from the time of the Anglo-French dual monarchy under Henry VI through the Wars of the Roses, the Reformation crisis, the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the Anglo-Scottish dynastic union, the British multiple monarchy and the Cromwellian Republic, ending with the acts of British Union and the Restoration of the Monarchy.
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... chief appointed a professional judge ( or brehon , from the Gaelic breitheamh ) mainly to try cases affecting himself or matters of public concern . The brehon's decision was an arbitration to which , at least in theory , both parties ...
... chiefs were quite small three battle of galloglass , 200 horse and 300 kerne in the case of O'Neill of Tyrone , a major provincial chief , but just 24 horse and 80 kerne for O'Toole , a weak border chief . 34 - In wartime the surnames ...
... chief , Turlough Luineach , abdicated in his favour and Sir Henry Bagenal , the marshal of the army and the chief proponent of extending Tudor rule further into Ulster , was directed by the privy council not to inter- fere in Tyrone ...
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The Making of the British Isles: The State of Britain and Ireland, 1450-1660 Steven G. Ellis No preview available - 2007 |