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Three times Viceroy, Sir Henry Sidney was a key figure in the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland. Sidney's account of his public career in Ireland, written in the winter of 1582-3, is one of the earliest political memoirs in English literature. It is unique among early memoirs in its size, richness of detail, and apparent fidelity to the factual record.
Composed in plain prose and consciously shorn of decoration and classical allusion, his narrative presents an individual with attitudes and preoccupations at odds with the zealous advocates of military conquest and religious oppression so often portrayed by historians. By exploring its emphases, omissions and deviations from the recorded sequence of events, the editor's introduction reveals a surprisingly complex set of Elizabethan perceptions and prejudices about Ireland. This memoir, last edited for publication in the mid-nineteenth century, is an essential source for the study of the English in Ireland.
About the Author
David Fitzpatrick is Associate Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin. His books include "Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Migration to Australia" and "Politics and Irish Life, 1913-1921: Provincial Experience of War and Revolution". He is also the series editor for Irish Narratives, all published by Cork University Press.
Ciarán Brady teaches history at Trinity College, Dublin.
Three times Viceroy, Sir Henry Sidney was a key figure in the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland. Sidney's account of his public career in Ireland, written in the winter of 1582-3, is one of the earliest political memoirs in English literature. It is unique among early memoirs in its size, richness of detail, and apparent fidelity to the factual record.
Composed in plain prose and consciously shorn of decoration and classical allusion, his narrative presents an individual with attitudes and preoccupations at odds with the zealous advocates of military conquest and religious oppression so often portrayed by historians. By exploring its emphases, omissions and deviations from the recorded sequence of events, the editor's introduction reveals a surprisingly complex set of Elizabethan perceptions and prejudices about Ireland. This memoir, last edited for publication in the mid-nineteenth century, is an essential source for the study of the English in Ireland.
About the Author
David Fitzpatrick is Associate Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin. His books include "Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Migration to Australia" and "Politics and Irish Life, 1913-1921: Provincial Experience of War and Revolution". He is also the series editor for Irish Narratives, all published by Cork University Press.
Ciarán Brady teaches history at Trinity College, Dublin.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 16 books | 1 book that cites this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: principal gentlemen, strong castle Key Phrases - CAPs: Earl of Ormond, English Pale, Earl of Desmond, Earl of Essex, Shane O'Neill (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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In the early weeks of 1583 the distinguished Elizabethan administrator and courtier Sir Henry Sidney, then aged fifty-four, embarked upon what was for his time a remarkable literary enterprise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
principal gentlemen, strong castle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Earl of Ormond, English Pale, Earl of Desmond, Earl of Essex, Shane O'Neill, Sir John of Desmond, Upper Ossory, Sir William Drury, Sir Edmund Butler, Sir Edward Fitton, Sir Nicholas Malby, Captain Collier, Earl of Sussex, Rorie Oge, Sir Barnaby, Sir Hugh, Sir Lucas Dillon, Sir Warham St Leger, Turlo Lenogh, White Knight, Earl of Clanrickard, Gaelic Irish, Queen's County, Sir Nicholas Bagenal, Turlo Lenough New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
In the early weeks of 1583 the distinguished Elizabethan administrator and courtier Sir Henry Sidney, then aged fifty-four, embarked upon what was for his time a remarkable literary enterprise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
principal gentlemen, strong castle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Earl of Ormond, English Pale, Earl of Desmond, Earl of Essex, Shane O'Neill, Sir John of Desmond, Upper Ossory, Sir William Drury, Sir Edmund Butler, Sir Edward Fitton, Sir Nicholas Malby, Captain Collier, Earl of Sussex, Rorie Oge, Sir Barnaby, Sir Hugh, Sir Lucas Dillon, Sir Warham St Leger, Turlo Lenogh, White Knight, Earl of Clanrickard, Gaelic Irish, Queen's County, Sir Nicholas Bagenal, Turlo Lenough New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 16
books:
- Sixteenth-Century Ireland: The Incomplete Conquest (New Gill History of Ireland) (New Gill History of Ireland) by Colm Lennon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sixteenth-Century Ireland: The Incomplete Conquest by Colm Lennon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- War, Literature and the Arts in Sixteenth-Century Europe by J. R. Mulryne in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Tudor England by John Guy in Back Matter (1), and