Empire and enterprise: money, power and the adventurers for Irish land during the British Civil Wars. By David Brown. Pp 312. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 2020. £80 hardback

[...]to curb the adventurers’ political influence Brown suggests that Cromwell dismissed the rump parliament, a new and thought-provoking argument. [...]it offers an important context to understand the confederate wars of the 1640s and the wider Wars of the Three Kingdoms. [...]it reminds us that co...

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Published in:Irish Historical Studies 2021, Vol.45 (168), p.337-338
Main Author: Darcy, Eamon
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
17th century
Argumentation
Civil war
Parliaments
Politics
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Summary:[...]to curb the adventurers’ political influence Brown suggests that Cromwell dismissed the rump parliament, a new and thought-provoking argument. [...]it offers an important context to understand the confederate wars of the 1640s and the wider Wars of the Three Kingdoms. [...]it reminds us that contemporary speculators saw Ireland as a laboratory for empire and a venue for economic exploitation. eamon.darcy@mu.ie
ISSN:0021-1214
2056-4139
DOI:10.1017/ihs.2021.34