The Ormond lordship in County Kilkenny, 1515–1642: the rise and fall of Butler feudal power

 David Edwards (Four Courts, £45) ISBN 185182578   This is the book many historians of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have been waiting for—a thorough, detailed and well-researched analysis of a single Irish lordship in the turbulent years between 1515 and 1642. This era probably represents one of the greatest periods of political, cultural, religious ... Read more

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