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1 online resource (xxi, 335 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Historical Writings of J.G. Simms (1904-79); Select Bibliography of J.G. Simms; 1 Cromwell at Drogheda, 1649; 2 Cromwell's Siege of Waterford, 1649; 3 Hugh Dubh O'Neill's Defence of Limerick, 1650-1651; 4 John Toland (1670-1722), a Donegal Heretic; 5 Dublin in 1685; 6 The Jacobite Parliament of 1689; 7 Schomberg at Dundalk; 8 Eye-Witnesses of the Boyne; 9 Marlborough's Siege of Cork, 1690; 10 A Jacobite Colonel: Lord Sarsfield of Kilmallock; 11 County Donegal in the Jacobite War, 1689-91; 12 Kilkenny in the Jacobite War, 1689-91 |
Summary |
Nowhere is the mid-20th century ''historiographical revolution'' in Irish history better represented than in the writings of J.G. Simms, one of the most prolific historians of this generation. In a stream of books and papers from the early 1950s to his death in 1979, Simms tackled some of the most vexed and vexing questions in all Irish history: the wars, confiscations, persecutions and politics of the later 17th century. Topics such as Cromwell''s sieges, the ''Glorious Revolution'' and its aftermath, the later passage of the infamous ''penal laws'' against Catholics are all episodes close t |
Analysis |
Ireland, 1649-1730 |
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"Select bibliography of J.G. Simms": pages xv-xxi |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Simms, J. G. (John Gerald), 1904-1979.
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Simms, J. G. (John Gerald), 1904-1979 fast |
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HISTORY.
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Ireland -- History -- 1649-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068004
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Ireland
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Festschriften
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History
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Festschriften.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Hayton, David, 1949-
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O'Brien, Gerard
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ISBN |
9780826436092 |
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0826436099 |
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9786612024375 |
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6612024372 |
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