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02.04 - Making Ireland English
Season 2 · Episode 4

02.04 - Making Ireland English

Lord Deputy Wentworth tries to complete his other objectives

Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire

August 2, 202036m 4s

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Show Notes

Wentworth and Laud try to reform the Church of Ireland, and face resistance. Plantation returns with a vengeance, and even powerful New English face the wrath of the Lord Deputy.


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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

  • Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
  • Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
  • Nicholas Canny, Making Ireland British, 1580-1650
  • Harris, T. Rebellion 
  • Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
  • Lennon, C, 'Protestant Reformations, 1550-1641', in The Cambridge History of Ireland


See the website for a full bibliography.

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