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Author Simms, J. G. (John Gerald), 1904-1979.

Title War and politics in Ireland, 1649-1730 / J.G. Simms ; edited by D.W. Hayton and Gerard O'Brien
Published London ; Ronceverte, W.V. : Hambledon Press, ©1986

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Description 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
Bibliography "Select bibliography of J.G. Simms": pages xv-xxi
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Simms, J. G. (John Gerald), 1904-1979.
SUBJECT Simms, J. G. (John Gerald), 1904-1979 fast
Subject HISTORY.
SUBJECT Ireland -- History -- 1649-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068004
Subject Ireland
Genre/Form Festschriften
History
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Hayton, David, 1949-
O'Brien, Gerard
ISBN 9780826436092
0826436099
9786612024375
6612024372