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Book SynopsisExamines the life and work of William Lamport (d. 1659), an Irish rebel, soldier, poet, and thinker who was burned at the stake by the Inquisition in Mexico. Includes a collection of Lamport’s most representative writings, including poetry, psalms, and a plan for a Mexican uprising against Spain.
Trade Review“It is remarkable, as Andrea Martínez Baracs suggests, that such a high-ranking political player in the Spanish court, who argued forcefully for liberty, freedom, and self-rule a century before those ideas became associated with the Age of Revolutions, has been so thoroughly forgotten. This volume succeeds admirably in bringing William Lamport back into view, connecting him to historical relationships between Ireland and both Spain and Native America that are often overlooked.”
—Laura Matthew,author of Memories of Conquest: Becoming Mexicano in Colonial Guatemala
“Martínez Baracs, quite laudably, has made a convincing argument for rigorously contextualizing [Lamport’s] ideas. This is Martínez Baracs’s great contribution. By making Lamport’s texts accessible, this masterful volume makes it possible for students of colonial Mexico, the early modern Irish diaspora, and radical politics in the Atlantic world to cast a cold eye on this brilliant and misunderstood intellect and rebel.”
—Ryan Dominic Crewe Hispanic American Historical Review
