02436nam 2200469 450 991048014330332120200402172840.01-5261-5210-X1-5261-3200-1(CKB)4100000010568675(OCoLC)1143847470(MdBmJHUP)muse82614(MiAaPQ)EBC6130850(EXLCZ)99410000001056867520200611d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEmpire and enterprise money, power and the adventurers for Irish land during the British Civil Wars /David BrownManchester :Manchester University Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (1 PDF (300 pages).)Studies in early modern Irish historyIncludes index.1-5261-3199-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Atlantic oligarchy : Ireland in the early English Atlantic world -- The Three Kingdoms -- The Adventure for Irish land -- Grocers' Hall -- Commonwealth -- Republic -- Restoration.This book is about the transformation of England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, a revolution that destroyed Ireland. In 1642 a small group of merchants, the 'Adventurers for Irish land', raised an army to conquer Ireland but sent it instead to fight for parliament in England. Meeting secretly at Grocers Hall in London from 1642 to 1660, they laid the foundations of England's empire and modern fiscal state. But a dispute over their Irish land entitlements led them to reject Cromwell's Protectorate and plot to restore the monarchy. This is the first book to chart the relentless rise of the Adventurers and their profound political influence. It is essential reading for students of Britain and Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century, the origins of England's empire and the Cromwellian land settlement.Studies in early modern Irish history.IrelandHistory1625-1649Electronic books.941.506Brown David1968 April 25-964771MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910480143303321Empire and enterprise2188927UNINA