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Book SynopsisThe book describes how various authors addressed the history of early modern Ireland over four centuries, and explains why they could not settle on an agreed narrative.
Trade ReviewThis study is a distinctive landmakr, seemingly far removed from the 'snappy' book that Canny originally intended. * John Gibney, Royal Irish Academy, History Ireland *
Written in an authoritative and engaging style, this remarkable historical study is eloquent testimony to Canny's inspirational passion for and commitment to early modern Irish history. A landmark contribution to Irish historiography, it is essential reading for anybody interested in how Irish history has been remembered and used to serve present purposes down through the centuries. * Marian Lyons, The Irish Times *
Table of Contents1: The Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Writing of Ireland's History in the Sixteenth Century 2: Composing counter-narratives in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 3: New Histories for a New Ireland 4: The 1641 Rebellion and Ireland's Contested Pasts 5: Eighteenth-Century Aristocratic Histories of Ireland During the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries 6: Enlightenment Historians of Ireland and Their Critics 7: The Vernacular Alternative: Catholic and Protestant Popular Reconsiderations of Ireland's Early Modern History During the Age of Revolutions 8: Re-imagining Ireland's Early Modern Past: The Young Ireland Agenda, Dissident Views, and the Catholic Alternative 9: Re-imagining Ireland's Early Modern Past During the Later Nineteenth Century 10: Fresh Unionist Reappraisals of Ireland's History During the Early Modern Centuries 11: The Birth and Early Demise of a Liberal View of Ireland's Early Modern Past 12: The Failure of the Imagination Concerning Ireland's Past
