Title Making Ireland English : the Irish aristocracy in the seventeenth century / Jane Ohlmeyer

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 668 pages) : illustrations illustration Contents Chapter 1: Introduction -- Definitions -- Making Ireland English -- Structure -- The archives -- Historiography -- Part I: The reconstitution of Ireland's aristocracy, 1590s-1670s -- Chapter 2: The transforamtion of the peerage -- Peerage in 1603 -- Inflation of honours -- Resident peerage in 1628 -- Resident peerage in 1641 -- Mid-century elevations -- Mid-century creations -- Resident Peerage in 1670 and 1685 -- Securing the succession -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The transformation of noble culture -- Nobles in Irish society -- Honour -- Contesting and defending honour -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Landed nobility -- Titled landholders in 1641 and c. 1670 -- Titled landholding in Country Dublin -- Tenure -- Plantations -- The Munster plantation -- The first Earl of Cork -- The Roches and MacCarthys -- The Butlers -- The Ulster plantation -- The Earls of Antrim -- The informal plantations -- The formal plantations -- Other early Stuart -- Settlements -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Religion -- Catholicism and kingship -- the Catholic Church -- Lay patronage of the Catholic Church -- Clerical connections -- Presbyterianism and the peers -- The Church of Ireland and the peers -- Personal piety -- Wardships and conversions -- Sincerity of conversions -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Marriage -- Women in Stuart society -- Courtship -- Frequency of marriage -- Age at marriage -- Geographic origin of brides -- Mixed marriages -- Social status of brides -- The economic importance of marriage -- Relationships -- Conclusion -- Part II: The peerage in politics -- Chapter 7: Power, politics and public office -- The Stuart court -- The exercise of national and local power -- Law and order -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Early Stuart parliaments -- The 1613-15 Parliament -- The Graces -- The 1634-5 Parliament -- The 1640-1 Parliament -- The opposition peers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Civil war -- A military caste -- War in Scotland and rebellion in Ireland -- The impact of the 1641 rebellion -- The Baronial context of the civil wars -- War and politics -- Confederate Catholics -- Baronial leadership -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Survival -- Exile -- Reprisals -- Catholic survival -- Transplantation -- The case of Antrim -- Protestant survivors -- Architects of restoration -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11: The restoration land settlement -- A revolution in titled landholding? -- The winners -- The survivors -- The losers -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Political life -- The Irish Parliament, 1661-6 -- The politics behind the land settlement -- Restoration Dublin -- Later Stuart politics -- The army -- James II -- Conclusion Part III: The sinews of power -- Chapter 13: Income -- Levels of wealth -- Landed entrepreneurs and improving landlords -- Urbanization and commercialization -- Overseas expansionism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Lineage and formation -- Kinship and Clientage networks -- Children -- Schooling and Education -- Grand tours and the exercise of arms -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16: Death and memory -- Preparing for death -- Cause of death -- Funerals -- Memorialization and posterity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 17: Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix I: Lands held by resident titled nobles in 1641, ranked according to size -- Appendix II: Office holding and political activity of resident peers, c. 1600-c.1690 -- Appendix III: Military and political activity of resident peers during the 1640s. -- Appendix IV: Peers recorded in the 1660 poll tax (the so-called '1659 census') -- Appendix V: Attendance and activity in the House of Lords, 1661-6 -- Appendix VI: The land settlement and the process of restoration Summary "This ground breaking book provides the first comprehensive study of the remaking of Ireland's aristocracy during the seventeenth century. It is a study of the Irish peerage and its role in the establishment of English control over Ireland. Jane Ohlmeyer's research in the archives of the era yields a major new understanding of early Irish and British elite, and it offers fresh perspectives on the experiences of the Irish, English, and Scottish lords in wider British and continental contexts. The book examines the resident peerage as an aggregate of 91 families, not simply 311 individuals, and demonstrates how a reconstituted peerage of mixed faith and ethnicity assimilated the established Catholic aristocracy. Tracking the impact of colonization, civil war, and other significant factors on the fortunes of the peerage in Ireland, Ohlmeyer arrives at a fresh assessment of the key accomplishment of the new Irish elite: making Ireland English."--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject English -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century Nobility -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century Social change -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. English Nobility Politics and government Social change Social conditions Aristokratie Sozialer Wandel Aristokratie. SUBJECT Ireland -- Politics and government -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068036 Ireland -- Social conditions -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96007739 Subject Ireland Irland Irland. England. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2011033291 ISBN 9780300177503 030017750X

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