ISBN:
9781782045830
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 208 pages)
Series Statement:
Irish historical monograph series 19
DDC:
305.48/2109417
Keywords:
Women History 18th century
;
Social change History
;
Protestantism Social aspects
;
History
;
Aristocracy (Social class) History
;
Elite (Social sciences) History
;
Upper class women History
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women History 17th century
;
Ireland History 1649-1775
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 May 2021)
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782045830/type/BOOK
