03590nam 2200601Ia 450 991096238770332120200520144314.0978029923313602992331382027/heb08406(CKB)2670000000016004(SSID)ssj0000335540(PQKBManifestationID)11261342(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335540(PQKBWorkID)10272687(PQKB)10870805(OCoLC)646862820(MdBmJHUP)muse12378(Au-PeEL)EBL3444895(CaPaEBR)ebr10348734(dli)HEB08406(MiU)MIU01000000000000011659286(MiAaPQ)EBC3444895(Perlego)4507574(EXLCZ)99267000000001600420090309d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCaptain Rock the Irish agrarian rebellion of 1821-1824 /James S. Donnelly, JrMadison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Pressc2009x, 508 p. ill., mapsHistory of Ireland and the Irish diasporaBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780299233143 0299233146 Includes bibliographical references and index.Named for its mythical leader "Captain Rock, " avenger of agrarian wrongs, the Rockite movement of 1821-24 in Ireland was notorious for its extraordinary violence. In Captain Rock, James S. Donnelly, Jr., offers both a fine-grained analysis of the conflict and a broad exploration of Irish rural society after the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Originating in west Limerick, the Rockite movement spread quickly under the impact of a prolonged economic depression. Before long the insurgency embraced many of the better-off farmers. The intensity of the Rockites' grievances, the frequency of their resort to sensational violence, and their appeal on such key issues as rents and tithes presented a nightmarish challenge to Dublin Castle-prompting in turn a major reorganization of the police, a purging of the local magistracy, the introduction of large military reinforcements, and a determined campaign of judicial repression. A great upsurge in sectarianism and millenarianism, Donnelly shows, added fuel to the conflagration. Inspired by prophecies of doom for the Anglo-Irish Protestants who ruled the country, the overwhelmingly Catholic Rockites strove to hasten the demise of the landed elite they viewed as oppressors. Drawing on a wealth of sources-including reports from policemen, military officers, magistrates, and landowners as well as from newspapers, pamphlets, parliamentary inquiries, depositions, rebel proclamations, and threatening missives sent by Rockites to their enemies- Captain Rock offers a detailed anatomy of a dangerous, widespread insurgency whose distinctive political contours will force historians to expand their notions of how agrarian militancy influenced Irish nationalism in the years before the Great Famine of 1845-51. History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora.Peasant uprisingsIrelandHistory19th centuryIrelandHistory1800-1837Peasant uprisingsHistory941.5081Donnelly James S80485MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962387703321Captain Rock1867397UNINA