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Era of Emancipation: British Government of Ireland, 1812-1830

By Brian Jenkins

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
1988
ISBN
9780773561731
DOI
10.1515/9780773561731
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (23632018 bytes)
Pages
400\394
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 19:26:48

Description

Despite the 1800 Act of Union, Ireland was not an integral part of the United Kingdom. Its viceregal government, the breadth and depth of its poverty, and the extent, persistence, and savagery of peasant violence marked it as distinct. This distinction was emphasized by Ireland's Protestant ascendancy in an overwhelmingly Catholic population. In his examination of British administration in Ireland from 1812 to 1830, Brian Jenkins focuses on the Catholic issue which dominated Britain's Irish agenda during this period. He argues that the British government attempted, within the context of the time, to govern Ireland in a civilized and enlightened way.

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