The Williamite wars in Ireland, 1688-91 / / John Childs

• Autore: Childs John <1949->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.506
• Soggetto topico: Aughrim, Battle of, Aughrim, Galway, Ireland, 1691; Battles - Ireland - History - 17th century; Boyne, Battle of the, Ireland, 1690
• Soggetto geografico: Derry (Northern Ireland) History Siege, 1688-1689; Great Britain History William and Mary, 1689-1702; Ireland History War of 1689-1691 Campaigns
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-426) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Dedication -- Abbreviations -- Note on Dates -- Preface -- 1. Preliminaries -- 2. Practical Matters -- 3. Towards War -- 4. Dromore and Coleraine -- 5. Clady and Ards Peninsula -- 6. The Defence of Londonderry and Enniskillen -- 7. General Kirke -- 8. Endurance -- 9. The Relief of Londonderry -- 10. A Tired Old Man -- 11. Sligo and Dundalk -- 12. Winter Operations -- 13. The Battle of Boyne -- 14. From Dublin to Limerick -- 15. The First Siege of Limerick -- 16. Cork and Kinsale -- 17. A War of Posts and Ambuscades -- 18. Spring 1691 -- 19. Ballymore and Athlone -- 20. Aughrim and Galway -- 21. The Curious Affair at Sligo -- 22. The Second Siege of Limerick -- 23. Dispersal -- Notes -- Index -- Maps
• Sommario/riassunto: The comprehensive defeat of the Jacobite Irish in the Williamite conflict, a component within the pan-European Nine Years' War, prevented the exiled James II from regaining his English throne, ended realistic prospects of a Stuart restoration and partially secured the new regime of King William III and Queen Mary created by the Glorious Revolution. The principal events - the Siege of Londonderry, the Battles of the Boyne and Aughrim, and the two Sieges and Treaty of Limerick - have subsequently become totems around which opposing constructions of Irish history have been erected. John Childs, one of the foremost authorities on warfare in Early Modern Britain and Europe, cuts through myth and the accumulations of three centuries to present a balanced, detailed narrative and chronology of the campaigns. He argues that the struggle was typical of the late seventeenth-century, principally decided by economic resources and attrition in which the 'small war' comprising patrols, raids, occupation of captured regions by small garrisons, police actions against irregulars and attacks on supply lines was more significant in determining the outcome than the set piece battles and sieges
• Titolo autorizzato: The Williamite wars in Ireland, 1688-91
• ISBN: 1-4725-9983-7; 1-283-20206-9; 9786613202062; 0-8264-4364-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828952203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II