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Catholic Martyrdom in Early Modern Ireland
Author(s) -
Tait Clodagh
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2004.00102.x
Subject(s) - irish , period (music) , early modern period , history , ancient history , psychology , philosophy , aesthetics , linguistics
Approximately 250 men and women who died in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Ireland have been claimed as martyrs for Catholicism. As well as demonstrating one aspect of Irish Catholic experience, martyrdom offers insights into the difficulties in governing Ireland in the early modern period.