{"product_id":"cromwell-and-ireland-new-perspectives-9781789622379","title":"Cromwell and Ireland: New Perspectives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of essays, a range of established and early-career scholars explore a variety of different perspectives on Oliver Cromwell’s involvement with Ireland, in particular his military campaign of 1649-1650. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn England and Wales Cromwell is regarded as a figure of national importance; in Ireland his reputation remains highly controversial. The essays gathered together here provide a fresh take on his Irish campaign, reassessing the backdrop and context of the prevailing siege warfare strategy and offering new insights into other major players such as Henry Ireton and the Marquis of Ormond. Other topics include, but are not limited to, the Cromwellian land settlement, deportation of prisoners and popular memory of Cromwell in Ireland. Overall, a picture emerges of a more moderate Cromwell than the version that has been passed down in Irish history, tradition and folklore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTRIBUTORS: Martyn Bennett, Heidi J. Coburn, Sarah Covington, John Cunningham, Eamon Darcy, David Farr, Padraig Lenihan, Alan Marshall, Nick Poyntz, Tom Reilly, James Scott Wheeler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This volume represents a substantial addition to our knowledge of Cromwell and the period... Above all, it places Cromwell in his context, his position within a wider military machine, his influence on Ireland after his return to England, and it helps to understand his role in the collective memory.'Coleman A. Dennehy, \u003ci\u003eThe Seventeenth Century \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is a book about the physical and mental worlds within which Cromwell operated in his nine months in Ireland... it is a rich and well-written compendium.'John Morrill, \u003ci\u003eCromwelliana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[\u003cem\u003eCromwell and Ireland: New Perspectives\u003c\/em\u003e] represents a tangible advance on the contrasting and incompatible depictions of the Cromwellian era as years of unrelenting repression or years of reform ... the volume helps to explain the enduring fascination with a man who was convinced he was doing God's work.' \u003cbr\u003e James Kelly, \u003cem\u003eStudia Hibernia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘[\u003cem\u003eCromwell and Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e] does indeed offer important new perspectives… Cromwell’s legacy in Ireland is a complicated one, and the nuanced insights offered here will go a long way to complicating interpretations, increasing understanding, and generating further debate. Students and scholars alike will find many new and provocative insights in this collection.’ John Patrick Montaño, \u003cem\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCromwell at War in Ireland \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrogheda and Wexford, 1649\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSiege Massacres in Ireland, 1641–1647\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePadraig Lenihan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Cromwell and the Siege of Clonmel, April-May 1650\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eOfficers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Ireton in Ireland, 1649–1651: Oliver Cromwell’s “second self”?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Farr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGod’s Wall of Brass: Cromwell’s Generals in Ireland, 1649–1650\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartyn Bennett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrmond and Cromwell: The Struggle for Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Scott Wheeler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Settlement of Ireland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCromwellian Transplantations of the Irish to the Colonies\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeidi J. Coburn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Scramble for Ireland: Cromwell and the Land Settlement\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Cunningham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCromwell’s Legacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Social Memory of Oliver Cromwell in Ireland c.1660s–c.1730s\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEamon Darcy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This day by letters severall from hands”: J. G. Muddiman and News from Drogheda\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNick Poyntz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Folkloric Afterlife of Oliver Cromwell in Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Covington\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470046531927,"sku":"9781789622379","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789622379.jpg?v=1744897233","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cromwell-and-ireland-new-perspectives-9781789622379","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}