Ireland and the popish plot
Auteur :
Gibney, John
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349301461
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The first expansive study of how when the Popish Plot of 1678 came to light, fears of an Irish Catholic rebellion amongst Ireland's uneasy Protestant elite, who dominated over the Catholic majority population, were manipulated in England in an attempt to block the Catholic Duke of York from succeeding to the throne.