Edmund Curtis's remarkable survey of Ireland, from its earliest origins to the twentieth century, is a classic introduction to Ireland's fascinating history. Reaching from St Patrick's Mission in 432 to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, this authoritative text explores the formative events of Ireland's past and encompasses the Norman invasion, Gaelic recovery, Cromwell's Settlement, the Act of Union, and the Great Famine.
Lucid and scholarly, this all-embracing account unfolds the events of Ireland's history and the story of its people, through an examination of their political,...
Edmund Curtis's remarkable survey of Ireland, from its earliest origins to the twentieth century, is a classic introduction to Ireland's fascinatin...
First published in 1943, this volume collects together the principle Irish constitutional and political documents from the Introduction of English rule in the twelfth century to the treaty made between Great Britain and Ireland under Lloyd George's government in 1921. The material is grouped into five chronological sections, with each section divided into subject areas to give a representative view of the main political and social trends in this period of Ireland's history.
First published in 1943, this volume collects together the principle Irish constitutional and political documents from the Introduction of English rul...
First published in 1923, this formative history of Ireland is an extensive study of the period from 1086 - 1513. Beginning with the O'Brien High Kinship, Edmund Curtis takes us through the Anglo-Norman conquest and its sequel, ending with the death of Gerald 'the Great Earl' of Kildare in 1513, a date when the second English conquest of Ireland (the 'Tudor Reconquest') became imminent.
This is a reissue of a definitive landmark study of Irish history by one of greatest Irish historians of the twentieth century.
First published in 1923, this formative history of Ireland is an extensive study of the period from 1086 - 1513. Beginning with the O'Brien High Ki...
Originally published in 1932, this book explores the role of the courtier Thomas Wyatt in English relations with Scotland and Ireland between 1485 and 1498. The text also includes a chapter on the acts of the Poynings Parliament for the year 1494 to 1495, which marked the beginning of English direct rule in Ireland. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English relations with Scotland and Ireland or in early Tudor history.
Originally published in 1932, this book explores the role of the courtier Thomas Wyatt in English relations with Scotland and Ireland between 1485 and...
Edmund Curtis's remarkable survey of Ireland, from its earliest origins to the twentieth century, is a classic introduction to Ireland's fascinating history. Reaching from St Patrick's Mission in 432 to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, this authoritative text explores the formative events of Ireland's past and encompasses the Norman invasion, Gaelic recovery, Cromwell's Settlement, the Act of Union, and the Great Famine.
Lucid and scholarly, this all-embracing account unfolds the events of Ireland's history and the story of its people, through an examination of their political,...
Edmund Curtis's remarkable survey of Ireland, from its earliest origins to the twentieth century, is a classic introduction to Ireland's fascinatin...
