02997nam 2200673 450 991081019290332120231211211201.097815261320001-5261-3201-X1-5261-5210-X1-5261-3200-110.7765/9781526132000(CKB)4100000010568675(OCoLC)1143847470(MdBmJHUP)muse82614(MiAaPQ)EBC6130850(DE-B1597)660492(DE-B1597)9781526132000(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 (300 pages)Studies in early modern Irish history.9781526131997 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.Land settlementIrelandHistory17th centuryLand tenureIreland17th centuryIrelandHistory1625-1649British history.Caribbean.Colonies.Cromwell.Empire.English Civil War.Finance.Irish history.Merchants.Slavery.Land settlementHistoryLand tenure941.506Brown David1968 April 25-1623732MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810192903321Empire and enterprise3958321UNINA