Between 1544 and 1604, Tudor England was involved in a series of wars which strained
government and society to their limits. By the time Elizabeth became queen in 1558 …

This book examines writing in English, Irish, and Spanish by women living in Ireland and by
Irish women living on the continent between the years 1574 and 1676. This was a …

Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands:
bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and …

Conflicts between protestants and Catholics intensified as the Cromwellian invasion of 1649
inflamed the blood-soaked antagonism between the English and Irish. In the ensuing …

WINNER OF THE FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021. SHORTLISTED IN SCOTLAND'S
NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021 The first full-scale, interdisciplinary treatment of the wide …

The history of the British Isles is the story of four peoples linked together by a process of
state building that was as much about far-sighted planning and vision as coincidence …

In the last decades of the thirteenth century the British Isles appeared to be on the point of
unified rule, dominated by the lordship, law and language of the English. However by 1400 …

A key duty of the Renaissance monarchy was the defence of its subjects. For the English
monarchy, the rule and defence from enemies beyond the long-landed frontiers in Ireland …

Between c. 1350 and c. 1750 a small group of professional hereditary physicians served the
Gaelic communities of Ireland and Scotland. Over fifty medical kindreds provided advice …

An in-depth analysis of the key contribution made by the women members of this important
ruling family in maintaining and advancing the family's political, landed, economic, social …