Explores the relationship between England and Ireland in the Tudor period using William Cecil as a vehicle for historical enquiry. Argues that Cecil shaped the course and character of Tudor rule in Ireland in Elizabeth's reign more than any other figure, and offers a major reappraisal of this crucial period in the histories of England and Ireland.
Calendar of State Papers, Ireland, Tudor Period 1566-1567
See C. Maginn, William Cecil, Ireland and the Tudor State (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), p. 165. See Cecil/Burghley TNA SP63/13/51; SP63/13/75 and SP63/14/11, 12,25. In an extreme case, H. Jefferies simply dismisses protestant ...
Christopher Maginn, William Cecil, Ireland, and the Tudor State (Oxford, 2012), 105–6. 93 “Draft Proclamation to Restrain Martial Law in Ireland,” TNA, SP 63/150, f. 8v. 94 “Burghley's Memorial,” TNA, SP 63/156/65.
A rock of Elizabethan government, Lord Burghley had a large impact on the English state and as a committed Protestant he guided the nation with the confidence of his religious conviction.
77 Christopher Maginn, William Cecil, Ireland, and the Tudor State (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 16–17, 25, 33–4; Ellis, Ireland in the Age of the Tudors, pp. 11–17, 98–160. 78 See Bradshaw, The Irish Constitutional ...
and this is no trivial fact if we consider the greater value in Tudor times placed on knowledge acquired through direct experience, ... Maginn, William Cecil, Ireland and the Tudor State (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), 82.
However , in 1571 when Campion's religious inclinations were brought to Sidney's attention by some of the governor's more strident English - born Protestant colleagues , he secretly warned Campion that he was about to be arrested ...
We can clearly see the longevity of this style of map in those produced for later settlements in Ireland and America, ... 104 C. Maginn,William Cecil, Ireland, and the Tudor State(Oxford, 2012), 88; White, 'Tudor Plantations', ii.
24–42; Andrew Hadfield, 'Briton and Scythian: Tudor Representations of Irish Origins', Irish Historical Studies, 28/112 (1993), 390–408; Morgan, ... Christopher Maginn, William Cecil, Ireland, and the Tudor State (Oxford, 2012).
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