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A History of Women in Ireland, 1500-1800

Mary O'Dowd author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:12th Nov '04

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The first history of women in Ireland, 1500-1800 examining the impact of key events in Irish history on women.

This volume presents the results of original research into women's lives and experiences in Ireland from 1500 to 1800. This was a time of considerable change in Ireland as English colonisation, religious reform and urbanisation transformed society on the island.

The first general survey of the history of women in early modern Ireland. Based on an impressive range of source material, it presents the results of original research into women’s lives and experiences in Ireland from 1500 to 1800. This was a time of considerable change in Ireland as English colonisation, religious reform and urbanisation transformed society on the island. Gaelic society based on dynastic lordships and Brehon Law gave way to an anglicised and centralised form of government and an English legal system.

'Mary O'Dowd has given us a long overdue and valuable look at the lives of women in early modern Ireland...

...O'Dowd does students an equal service by making her work accessible and by her careful articulation of both problems and approaches faced by historians of Ireland'

L.A. Botelho, H-Net Reviews Online, May 2006

ISBN: 9780582404298

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

344 pages