Whilst much recent scholarly work has sought to place early modern
British and Irish history within a broader continental context,
most of this has focused on western or northern Europe. In order to
redress the balance, this new study by David Worthington explores
the connections linking writers and expatriates from the later
Tudor and Stuart kingdoms with the two major dynastic conglomerates
east of the Rhine, the Austrian Habsburg lands and
Poland-Lithuania. Drawing on a variety of sources, including
journals, diaries, letters and travel accounts, the book not only
shows the high level of scholarly interest evidenced within
contemporary English language works about the region, but how many
more British and Irish people ventured there than is generally
recognised. As well as the soldiers, merchants and diplomats one
might expect, we discover more unexpected and colourful characters,
including a polymath Irish moral theologian in Vienna, an orphaned
English poetess in Prague, a Welsh humanist in Cracow, and a
Scottish physician and botanist at the Vasa court in Warsaw. This
examination of the diverse range of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and
English religious, intellectual, political, military and commercial
contacts with central Europe provides not only a more balanced view
of British and Irish history, but also continues the process of
reintegrating the histories of the European regions. Furthermore,
by extending the focus of research beyond widely studied areas,
towards other more illuminating, international aspects, the book
challenges scholars to analyse these networks within less
parochial, and more transnational settings.
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