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The Chief Governors : The Rise and Fall of Reform Government in Tudor Ireland 1536 1588
Overview
This book offers a fundamental critique of conventional views of sixteenth-century Irish history that have stressed the centrality of colonization and military confrontation. It argues that reform rather than conquest was the aim of Tudor policy-makers, but shows that the immense difficulties faced by the reformers in pursuing their objectives forced them to make administrative innovations that ultimately contradicted and undermined their original policy.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521520041
- ISBN-10: 0521520045
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: June 2002
- Dimensions: 9.08 x 6.08 x 0.95 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
- Page Count: 344
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