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| Titre : | The Social and economic consequences of the Desmond rebellion of 1579-83 (2004) |
| Auteurs : | Anthony MCCORMACK, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (vol 34 n 133 2004) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 1-15 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | The Desmond rebellion was one of the most brutal military conflicts to have taken place in Ireland in the sixteenth century. Initiated by James FitzMaurice Fitzgerald, cousin of Gerald, fifteenth earl of Desmond, in July 1579 in order to restore the Catholic faith in Ireland, the rebellion quickly developed from the landing of a small expeditionary force of approximately sixty men into a bloody contest which engulfed Munster for four and a half years. The rebellion was ultimately unsuccessful, but such was the ferocity of the conflict that it had a profound and devastating impact on Munster |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Mention de responsabilité : | Anthony M. McCormack |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
