Religious violence and the 1641 Rebellion: Divided Communities in Seventeenth-Century Cavan

TY - JOUR

T1 - Religious violence and the 1641 Rebellion: Divided Communities in Seventeenth-Century Cavan

AU - Redmond, Joan Elizabeth

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - This article presents a microhistorical examination of Co. Cavan during the 1641 rebellion, focusing especially on religious conflict. Drawing extensively on the two volumes of witness depositions for the county, it presents an argument for the central importance of religion in understanding violence, not only in Cavan, but throughout Ireland during the seismic 1641-2 period.

AB - This article presents a microhistorical examination of Co. Cavan during the 1641 rebellion, focusing especially on religious conflict. Drawing extensively on the two volumes of witness depositions for the county, it presents an argument for the central importance of religion in understanding violence, not only in Cavan, but throughout Ireland during the seismic 1641-2 period.

M3 - Article

SP - 216

EP - 226

JO - The Undergraduate Journal of Ireland and Northern Ireland

JF - The Undergraduate Journal of Ireland and Northern Ireland

ER -