Front matter; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on conventions; Preface; Introduction: Debating Tudor policy in Ireland: The 'reform' treatises; Conquest or conciliation? The policy debate in Henrician Ireland, c.1515-1546; 'Reform' treatises and the inception of the Tudor conquest in mid-sixteenth-century Ireland, 1546-1565; Treatise writing and the expansion of Tudor government in mid-Elizabethan Ireland, 1565-1578; Complaint, reform and conflict: Treatise writing in late Elizabethan Ireland, 1579-1594
Conclusion ; Select bibliography of primary sources; Index
Summary
This book provides the first systematic analysis of the whole range of treatises written on the 'reform' of Ireland in Tudor times. By assessing approximately six-hundred extant treatises it demonstrates how the Tudors viewed Ireland and how they arrived at the policies which they chose to implement there during the sixteenth century
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 26, 2018)
