Collaborator and Survivor? Gerald the eleventh Earl of Kildare and Tudor Rule in Ireland

Collaboration usually implies betrayal, or deviation from some sanctified cause. Viewed from the opposite perspective, it is an ingenious, even admirable recipe for survival. This article considers the role of one magnate in Irish colonial society in the sixteenth century. It suggests a set of options in the face of the process of conquest and ... Read more

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