Catholics and the law in Restoration Ireland
Paul Smith
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
In 1660 Charles II was restored to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland, but his hold on power was precarious. In particular, Ireland was fundamentally unstable - Catholics formed the majority of the population in a country where Protestantism was the established religion, a state of affairs unique in Europe. It was through the law that the restored Stuart monarchy governed its subjects and its colonial dependencies, and this book examines how Catholics engaged with and experienced English common law primarily through the eyes of Catholic clerics and Gaelic poets. It also examines how Catholics engaged with the Courts and the particular challenges they faced as lawyers. The book draws on an extensive body of primary source materials, including Irish-language poetry and little-used archival material relating to elite Catholic families.
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Early Modern Ireland, English common law, Irish History, Viceroys, Gaelic poetry, Catholic laywers, Charles II, Court reports, John Walshe, Larger claimants, John Lynch, Oliver Plunkett, John Brenan, Irish Legal History, Historiography, late seventeenth century, Catholic population, Armagh manuscript, Catholic oppresion, Court of Claims, Nicholas French, Private affairs, Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, Catholic lawyers, Dutch republic, Public office, Restoration, Restoration clerics, England, Prose, Restoration Ireland, Edmund O’Reilly, Gerald Dillon, William Talbot, Small claimants, John O’Molony, Scotland, legal oppresion, Controlling Ireland, Cambrensis Eversus, Stuart Ireland, Protestant Law