Intro; Title Page; Preface; Contents; List of Maps; 1. Spenser Sets the Agenda; 1.1 Discoursing in Dublin; 1.2 Poetry as Politics: The Faerie Queene; 1.3 Spenser as Moral Philosopher in 1596; 1.4 Spenser's View of the Present State of Ireland; 1.5 Conclusion; 2. The English Presence in Spenser's Ireland; 2.1 The Background; 2.2 Soldiers; 2.3 Officers; 2.4 Administrators; 2.5 Conclusion; 3. The Munster Plantation: Theory and Practice; 3.1 The Theory; 3.2 The Practice; 3.3 The Consequences; 4. Plantation in Ireland 1603-1622: Theory and Practice; 4.1 The Politics of Plantation 1603-1622
4.2 The Plantation of Ulster: The Theory4.3 The Plantation of Ulster: The Practice 1609-1622; 5. The Politics of Plantation 1622-1641; 5.1 The Report of the Commission of 1622; 5.2 The Plantation Issue 1622-1632; 5.3 Wentworth's Policy of Plantation 1632-1641; 5.4 Conclusion; 6. The British Presence in Wentworth's Ireland; 6.1 The Establishment; 6.2 British Settlement in Ireland: Evidence from the Estate Records; 6.3 The British Presence in Munster; 6.4 The British Presence in Ulster; 6.5 The British Presence in Leinster; 6.6 The British Presence in Connacht
6.7 The British Presence in Ireland: Appearance and Reality7. Plantation and its Politics: The Irish Responses; 7.1 The Problem; 7.2 The Irish at Home; 7.3 The Irish Abroad; 7.4 Natives and Strangers; 7.5 Conclusion; 8. The Irish Insurrection of 1641; 8.1 The Historiographical Background; 8.2 The Rising in Ulster in 1641; 8.3 The Rising in Connacht and Clare in 1641; 8.4 The Rising of 1641 in Leinster and in Waterford; 8.5 The Rising in Munster in 1641; 8.6 Conclusion; 9. Conclusion: Making Ireland British 1580-1650; Bibliography; Glossary; Index
Summary
This is a comprehensive study of the plantations that were attempted in Ireland during the years 1580-1650. It examines the arguments advanced by successive political figures for a plantation policy, and the responses which this policy elicited
Analysis
Electronic resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-606) and index