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Elite women in Ascendancy Ireland, 1690-1745 : imitation and innovation / Rachel Wilson

Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2015

1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Englisch

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978-1-78204-583-0 (ebook); 978-1-78327-039-2 (hardback)

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OCoLC: 957516519     

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LOC-SH: Women -- History -- 18th century -- Ireland ; Social change -- History -- Ireland ; Protestantism -- Social aspects -- History -- Ireland ; Aristocracy (Social class) -- History -- Ireland ; Elite (Social sciences) -- History -- Ireland ; Upper class women -- History -- Ireland ; Women -- Social conditions -- Ireland ; Women -- History -- 17th century -- Ireland ; Ireland -- History -- 1649-1775

The late seventeenth and early eighteenth century was a period of great social and political change within Ireland, as the Protestant Ascendancy gained control of the country, aided by the English government and aristocracy, with whom the ruling class in Ireland mixed through marriage and travel. The resulting Anglo-Irish elite, with its distinct transnational identity, differed markedly from the preceding Irish elite, but, at the same time, because of its Irish dimension, was very different also from the contemporary English and Scottish upper classes. Women played key roles in this Anglo-Irish elite, and the nature of the Protestant Ascendancy can only be completely understood by considering women's roles fully. This book provides a thorough examination of the role of women in Ascendancy Ireland. It discusses marriage, family and social life; explores women's roles in economic and political life and in charitable activities; and places Irish elite women of this period in their wider historiographical context. The book is based on extensive original research, including among the papers of aristocratic families in Ireland and Britain, and provides a wealth of detail on elite women's lives in this period. Rachel Wilson completed her doctorate in modern history at Queen's University, Belfast.