Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Katsuta, Shunsuke, author

Title Rockites, Magistrates and Parliamentarians : Governance and Disturbances in Pre-Famine Rural Munster / Shunsuke Katsuta
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

Copies

Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Rural worlds : economic, social and cultural histories of agricultures and rural societies
Rural worlds.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Rockites as agrarian disturbers; 2. Rockite organisation and activities; 3. Rockites' political world; 4. Rockites and the government; Conclusion: The Rockites in context; Bibliography; Index
Summary "Early nineteenth-century Ireland witnessed widespread and prolonged rural unrest, as groups of labourers and smallholders formed secret societies demanding land reform, fair rents, the protection of wages and an end to tithes. One of the most active of these groups - the Rockites - waged a vigorous and sustained campaign of arson, intimidation and houghing (maiming of animals) across the southern half of Ireland during the 1820s, quickly attracting the attention of the authorities in both Ireland and Britain. Combining analyses of local and economic concerns with wider national political dimensions, this book offers an in-depth and alternative interpretation of the Rockites. Attaching particular importance to the political dimensions of the Rockites, Katsuta demonstrates how their political mindset was created by local circumstances. Styling themselves descendants of the United Irishmen, Rockites drew on the memories of the bitter political struggles in Cork during the 1790s, as well as current political events such as Daniel O'Connell's mass mobilisation to oppose the Catholic relief bill in 1821. As well as situating the Rockites within the Irish context, the book also offers insights into how British politicians dealt with Ireland in the early years of the Union. The Rockite disturbances prompted the Tory government to adopt a new course that proved less a remedy to problems in Ireland than as a response to events within parliament. In turn Rockites became a useful tool for Whigs and radicals in Westminster to blame the Tories for the misgovernment of Ireland, revealing how the Irish question in the early nineteenth-century UK was regarded first and foremost as a parliamentary issue."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-174) and index
Subject Agriculture and state -- Ireland -- Munster -- History -- 19th century
Land reform -- Ireland -- Munster -- History -- 19th century
Farmers -- Political activity -- Ireland -- Munster -- History -- 19th century
Agricultural laborers -- Political activity -- Ireland -- Munster -- History -- 19th century
Secret societies -- Ireland -- Munster -- History -- 19th century
Social conflict -- Ireland -- Munster -- History -- 19th century
Agricultural laborers -- Political activity.
Agriculture and state.
Farmers -- Political activity.
International relations.
Land reform.
Politics and government.
Rural conditions.
Secret societies.
Social conflict.
SUBJECT Munster (Ireland) -- Rural conditions
Munster (Ireland) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Ireland -- Relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Relations -- Ireland
Subject Great Britain.
Ireland.
Ireland -- Munster.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315606774
1315606771