UID:
almahu_9947413534602882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 253 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781782040569 (ebook)
Content:
The conflict on the Irish seaboard between the years 1641 and 1653 was not some peripheral theatre in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. As this first full-length study of the war at sea on the Irish coast from the outbreak of the Ulster rising in 1641 to the surrender of Inishbofin Island, the last major royalist maritime outpost, in April 1653, shows, it was instead the epicentre of naval conflict with important consequences for the nature and outcome of the land conflicts in Ireland and elsewhere. The book provides a clear and comprehensive narrative account of the war at sea, accompanied by careful contextualisation and a full analysis of its Irish, British and European dimensions. This includes the strategic importance of Irish ports, conflict between organised navies and formidable bands of privateers and pirates, the adoption of new naval technologies and tactics and the relationship between conflict on land and sea. Moving beyond traditional accounts of naval campaigns, it integrates warfare at sea into the wider dimension of political and economic developments in Ireland, England and Scotland. Extensive use is made of a wide range of archival material, in particular the High Court of Admiralty papers held in the National Archives at Kew. Dr Elaine Murphy is a Research Associate working on the ‘Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell’ project at the Department of History, University of Cambridge.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780861933181
Language:
English
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782040569/type/BOOK
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Bookmarklink
