Castles and colonists [electronic resource] : an archaeology of Elizabethan Ireland / Eric Klingelhofer.
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TextSeries: Manchester SpenserPublication details: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.Description: xiv, 176 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 941.505 22
- DA937 .K55 2010eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-173) and index.
Introduction -- Archaeology and Elizabeth's empire -- Elizabethan fortifications in Ireland -- Colonial settlement -- Vernacular architecture -- The archaeology of Kilcolman Castle -- Spenserian architecture in Ireland -- Conclusions.
Based on decades of research, this volume details how archaeology had revealed the traces of a short-lived, but significant culture which has been, until now, eclipsed ideological conflict between Tudor queens, Hapsburg hegemony and native Irish traditions.
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