Description
The first general survey of the history of women in early modern Ireland. Based on an impressive range of source material, it presents the results of original research into women's lives and experiences in Ireland from 1500 to 1800. This was a time of considerable change in Ireland as English colonisation, religious reform and urbanisation transformed society on the island. Gaelic society based on dynastic lordships and Brehon Law gave way to an anglicised and centralised form of government and an English legal system.
The first history of women in Ireland, 1500-1800 examining the impact of key events in Irish history on women.
About the Author
Dr O'Dowd is one the editors of 'Women in Early Modern Ireland' - a collection of essays published by Edinburgh University Press in 1991.
Reviews
'Mary O'Dowd has given us a long overdue and valuable look at the lives of women in early modern Ireland...
...O'Dowd does students an equal service by making her work accessible and by her careful articulation of both problems and approaches faced by historians of Ireland'
L.A. Botelho, H-Net Reviews Online, May 2006
Book Information
ISBN 9780582404298
Author Mary O'Dowd
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Longman
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g
