Empire and Enterprise

Money, Power and the Adventurers for Irish Land During the British Civil Wars

By:

David Brown

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Studies in Early Modern Irish History

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The Adventurers for Irish land transformed England’s trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, laying the foundations of the British Empire and modern fiscal state. This is the first book to recognise the key role of the Adventurers and the centrality of Ireland to the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. This book is about the transformation of England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, a revolution that destroyed Ireland. In 1642 a small group of merchants, the 'Adventurers for Irish land', raised an army to conquer Ireland but sent it instead to fight for parliament in England. Meeting secretly at Grocers Hall in London from 1642 to 1660, they laid the foundations of England's empire and modern fiscal state. But a dispute over their Irish land entitlements led them to reject Cromwell's Protectorate and plot to restore the monarchy. This is the first book to chart the relentless rise of the Adventurers and their profound political influence. It is essential reading for students of Britain and Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century, the origins of England's empire and the Cromwellian land settlement.

Author Biography:

David Brown is a research fellow at the Department of History, Trinity College Dublin -- .

Release date NZ

May 17th, 2022

Author

David Brown

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

312

Series

Studies in Early Modern Irish History

Dimensions

156x234x17

ISBN-13

9781526163783

Product ID

35411372

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