02689nam 2200565 450 991046336740332120200520144314.01-61373-252-X0-89733-123-01-61373-251-1(CKB)2670000000572686(EBL)1824484(SSID)ssj0001368217(PQKBManifestationID)12483071(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001368217(PQKBWorkID)11448611(PQKB)10084464(MiAaPQ)EBC1824484(Au-PeEL)EBL1824484(CaPaEBR)ebr10962051(CaONFJC)MIL654001(OCoLC)894170928(EXLCZ)99267000000057268620141112e19961980 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIreland a concise history from the twelfth century to the present day /Paul JohnsonChicago, Illinois :Academy Chicago Publishers,1996.©19801 online resource (290 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-22721-7 1-61373-253-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Chapter 1: Gaelic Ireland and the English Pale; Chapter 2: Conquest and Plantation; Chapter 3: From Cromwell to the Boyne; Chapter 4: Rebellion and Union; Chapter 5: Famine and Diaspora; Chapter 6: Ascendancy Culture; Chapter 7: Home Rule and the Land; Chapter 8: Ulster Resists, Dublin Rises; Chapter 9: Freedom and Partition; Chapter 10: From Revolt to Staiemate; Epilogue; Sources; IndexDrawing from a wealth of historical and scholarly sources, Johnson traces the important social, religious and political development of Ireland's struggle to become a unified, settled country. Johnson describes with accurate detail Ireland's barbarous beginnings, Oliver Cromwell's religious ""crusade,"" the tragic Irish potato famine, the Ulster resistance and the outstanding fact of the constant British-Irish connection and the fearful toll of life it exacted. Among the anonymous multitude are famous names such as ""Silken Thom"" Kildare, Thomas Wentworth, Archbishop Plunkett and Lord FredericIrelandHistoryElectronic books.941.5Johnson Paul1928-127483MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463367403321Ireland2026972UNINA