Age of Atrocity: Violence and Political Conflict in Early Modern Ireland

David Edwards, Pádraig Lenihan, Clodagh Tait

Four Courts Press, 2010 - History - 320 pages

This book - now in paperback - examines one of the bloodiest epochs in Irish history. Part one covers the 16th century, revealing how efforts by the Tudor monarchy to curb the powers of the autonomous Irish lords degenerated into a bitter cultural and sectarian conflict characterized by summary killings and massacres. The second part pays particular attention to the 1641 rebellion and the Confederate Wars.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Age of Atrocity: Violence and Political Conflict in Early Modern Ireland
• Editors: David Edwards, Pádraig Lenihan, Clodagh Tait
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Four Courts Press, 2010
• ISBN: 184682267X, 9781846822674
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Ireland; History / Europe / Renaissance; History / Modern / 16th Century