The Politics and Culture of Honour in Britain and Ireland, 1541-1641Through an exploration of overlapping concepts of noble honour amongst English and Irish elites, this book provides a cultural analysis of 'British' high politics in the early modern period. Analysing English- and Irish-language sources, Brendan Kane argues that between the establishment of the Irish kingdom under the English Crown in 1541 and the Irish rebellion of 1641, honour played a powerful role in determining the character of Anglo-Irish society, politics and cultural contact. In this age, before the rise of a more bureaucratic and participatory state, political power was intensely personal and largely the concern of elites. And those elites were preoccupied with honour. By exploring contemporary 'honour politics', this book brings a cultural perspective to our understanding of the character of English imperialism in Ireland and of the Irish responses to it. In so doing it highlights understudied aspects of the origins of the 'British' state. |
Contents
honour in Britain and Ireland | 1 |
The honour revolution of 1541 | 20 |
Gaelic honour in Tudor Ireland | 44 |
British honour and the Nine Years War | 92 |
Gaelic honour after the Nine Years War | 122 |
Gaelic and Old English honour in early Stuart Britain | 146 |
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