New Foundations (Revised Edition): Ireland 1660-1800 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780716526377)

The cataclysmic events that changed Ireland in the century before 1660 led to the emergence of a new social order, dominated by a fairly homogeneous ruling class of Anglican gentry. This group went on to achieve a remarkable economic and political ascendancy over rival social and religious groups until the last quarter of the eighteenth century. New Foundations is a comprehensive general survey of this formative period of Irish history and explores how such a monopoly of power was achieved, consolidated and eventually challenged - from above and from below.

Author: David Dickson
ISBN-10: 0716526379
ISBN-13: 9780716526377
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2000
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback