The Church of Ireland under the Stuarts

Edited by Patrick Little
Published by Four Courts Press Ltd, January 2025.
ISBN: 978-1-80151-088-2
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Abstract

The ' long seventeenth century' was a time of enormous religious and political change in Ireland, but there has never been a satisfactory study of the Church of Ireland throughout this turbulent period. This book fills the gap, drawing on rich research undertaken in recent years by a number of eminent scholars. It considers the way in which the church changed over time, focusing on crucial ' hinge' events such as the mid-century rebellion and Cromwellian occupation, and the existential threat posed to the church in the Jacobite period. It looks at many different facets of the Church of Ireland in the period, including education, music, and the acquisition and use of silver; it covers not only important bishops but also ordinary parish clergy, and reveals the lives of clergy and laity in the more distant provinces as well as metropolitan Dublin. Together, the essays present a composite picture of a church in a time of change.

Chapters

• The role of a university: Trinity College Dublin, 1594–1634

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• Preserving the past: history, manuscripts and belonging, c.1600–41

  By Mark Empey
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• Gender, violence and martyrology in Protestant Ireland, 1641–6

  By Joan Redmond
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• Lord Inchiquin and the Munster clergy, 1643–9

  By Patrick Little
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• The devotional life of the second earl of Cork in Cromwellian Ireland

  By Patrick Little
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• Bishops, banquets and buildings, 1660–1714

  By Liam O’Rourke
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• Accommodations with changing orders: the Church of Ireland, 1685–92

  By Toby Barnard
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• The Church of Ireland’s acquisition and use of silver, 1600–1714

  By Jessica Cunningham
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• Bishops as men of business and parliamentary managers in the Irish house of lords, 1613–89

  By Coleman Dennehy
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• Cathedral music in the Church of Ireland under the Stuarts

  By Kerry Houston
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