Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Seventeenth-Century Ireland: The War of Religions

Seventeenth Century Irelandwas chosen by CHOICEfor the 1989-1990 Outstanding Academic Books and Nonprint Material (OABN) list. The OABN list includes only the top 10% of all books reviewed by CHOICE in 1989. Contents: Introduction; Identities and Allegiances, 1603-25; The Crown and the Catholics: Royal Government and Policy 1625-37; Fateful Ideologies: The Stuart Inheritance; Wentworth and the Ulster Crisis, 1638-9; On the Eve of Revolution, 1639-41; 1641: The Plot That Never Was; Insurrection and Confederation, 1641-4; In Search of a Settlement: Ormond, Rinuccini and Cromwell, 1645-53; Theology and the Politics of Sovereignty: Jansenist, Jesuit and Franciscan; Ideologies in Conflict, 1660-91; References; Bibliography; Index^R Review [Fitzpatrick's] work is rich with new information and new insights and is an important contribution to the history of England and Scotland as well as Ireland. Contains a valuable bibliography. Highly recommended for college and university libraries supporting British and Irish studies.--CHOICE We will hardly ever exhaust the complexities of the Irish seventeenth century. But this book is a welcome addition which unravels a few more of them.--The Catholic Historical Review