Description
Palgrave Irish Rebellion Protestant Polemic 1798-1900 2006 Edition by S. Andrews
The 1798 Rebellion unleashed a paper war involving contemporary historians and pro-Establishment literary reviews. This volume traces this paper-warfare against the background of the Union Catholic Emancipation Young Ireland Gladstone and the Fenians Victoria's jubilees the 1898 centenary and the South African War. Table of contents : Preface 1798: Bicentennial Verdict Musgrave's Rebellions Musgrave as Reviewer Contrary Voices Debating the Union Opposing Emancipation 1801-12 Opposing Emancipation 1813-29 O'Connell Emancipation and Repeal Violence Re-visited: Young Ireland and '98 Gladstone Fenians and Disestablishment Jubilees Centenaries and Historians Bibliography Index