Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conventions and abbreviations; Map: Representation in the General Convention; 1 A kind of colony; 2 Commissioners and submissioners: May to June; 3 The rule of the rump: July to October; 4 The threefold cord: October to December; 5 Setting up for themselves: January to February; 6 The election results; 7 The General Convention of Ireland: March to April; 8 Without expectation of resurrection: May-June; Appendix: Members of the General Convention; Select bibliography; Index
Summary
This study fills a major gap in the mainstream narrative of Irish history by reconstructing political developments before the restoration of Charles II. It explains how colonists and Cromwellian newcomers combined uneasily to ensure that Charles's return was not accompanied by the return of previously-confiscated land to its Catholic owners
