The Twilight Lords: Elizabeth I and the Plunder of IrelandBy the time the last and greatest of the "rebels" surrendered, Elizabeth was dead, two waves of English settlers had been exterminated, and southern Ireland had become a barren wilderness."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... land , on the contrary , could pour men and arms into the countryside and never see a shilling's worth of difference ... land of different language and culture , difficult to travel through , as exotic to them as the lands across the ...
... land , on the contrary , could pour men and arms into the countryside and never see a shilling's worth of difference ... land of different language and culture , difficult to travel through , as exotic to them as the lands across the ...
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... land , though fertile of itself , yet a savage , wild and desolate country , environed with deadly . enemies , did think then of his own country . " For Carew , worn out by the harsh land , Ireland was no longer worth the struggle . He ...
... land , though fertile of itself , yet a savage , wild and desolate country , environed with deadly . enemies , did think then of his own country . " For Carew , worn out by the harsh land , Ireland was no longer worth the struggle . He ...
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... land and fix the limits of land owner- ship , but it was meant to bring English and Irish magnates alike under direct control of the Crown . Naturally , the Composition was steadily opposed . Bingham disputed many of its details , and ...
... land and fix the limits of land owner- ship , but it was meant to bring English and Irish magnates alike under direct control of the Crown . Naturally , the Composition was steadily opposed . Bingham disputed many of its details , and ...
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Ireland circa 1579 | 2 |
WHITEHALL IS79 The English | 3 |
The Irish Land about 1600 | 21 |
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