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This collection begins on the premise that, until recently,
religion has been particularly influential in Ireland in forming a
sense of identity, and in creating certain versions of reality.
History has also been a key component in that process, and the
historical evolution of Christianity has been appropriated by the
main religious denominations - Catholic, Church of Ireland, and
Presbyterian - with a view to reinforcing their own identities.
This book explores the ways in which this occurred; the writing of
religious history, and some of the manifestations of that process,
forms key parts of the collection. Also included are chapters
discussing current and recent attempts to examine the legacy of
collective religious memory - notably in Northern Ireland - based
on projects designed to encourage reflection about the religious
past among both adults and school-children. Readers will find this
collection particularly timely in view of the current 'decade of
commemorations'.
This collection begins on the premise that, until recently,
religion has been particularly influential in Ireland in forming a
sense of identity, and in creating certain versions of reality.
History has also been a key component in that process, and the
historical evolution of Christianity has been appropriated by the
main religious denominations - Catholic, Church of Ireland, and
Presbyterian - with a view to reinforcing their own identities.
This book explores the ways in which this occurred; the writing of
religious history, and some of the manifestations of that process,
forms key parts of the collection. Also included are chapters
discussing current and recent attempts to examine the legacy of
collective religious memory - notably in Northern Ireland - based
on projects designed to encourage reflection about the religious
past among both adults and school-children. Readers will find this
collection particularly timely in view of the current 'decade of
commemorations'.
An examination of the various dimensions - political, social and
economic - to the evolution of Franco-Irish relations in the early
modern period. The period 1500 to 1610 witnessed a fundamental
transformation in the nature of Franco-Irish relations. In 1500
contact was exclusively based on trade and small-scale migration.
However, from the early 1520s to the early 1580s, the dynamics of
'normal' relations were significantly altered as unprecedented
political contacts between Ireland and France were cultivated.
These ties were abandoned when, after decades of unsuccessful
approaches to the French crown for military and financial support
for their opposition to the Tudor regime in Ireland, Irish
dissidents redirected their pleas to the court of Philip II of
Spain. Trade and migration, which had continued at a modest level
throughout the sixteenth century, re-emerged in the early 1600s as
the most important and enduring channels of contact between the
France and Ireland, though the scale of both had increased
dramatically since the early sixteenth century. In particular, the
unprecedented influx of several thousand Irish migrants into France
in the later stages and in the aftermath of the Nine Years' War in
Ireland (1594-1603) represented a watershed in
Franco-Irishrelations in the early modern period. By 1610 Ireland
and Irish people were known to a significantly larger section of
French society than had been the case a hundred years before. The
intensification of this contact notwithstanding, the intricacies of
Irish domestic political, religious and ideological conflicts
continued to elude the vast majority of educated Frenchmen,
including those at the highest rank in government and diplomatic
circles. In their minds, Ireland remained an exotic country. They
viewed the Irish in the streets of their cities and towns as
offensive, slothful, dirty, prolific and uncouth, just as they were
depicted in the French scholarly tracts read by the French elite.
This study explores the various dimensions to this important
chapter in the evolution of Franco-Irish relations in the early
modern period. MARY ANN LYONS is Professor of History at Maynooth
University, Republic of Ireland.
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