The colonial world of Richard Boyle, first Earl of CorkDavid Edwards and Colin Rynne, editors.

The colonial world of Richard Boyle, first Earl of CorkDavid Edwards and Colin Rynne, editors. Richard Boyle, First Earl of Cork First Earl of Cork - Dublin, Ireland ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Nuancing an archetype: Richard Boyle and hiscolonial world; 1 Shapeshifters and mimics: exploring elite strategies in theearly modern British Atlantic; 2 Theory and practice in the Munster Plantation: the estates of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork, 1602â#x80;#x93;43; 3 Boyle and the East India Company in Company Cork: a case studyin colonial competition; 4 Virginian connections: the wider Atlantic setting of Boyleâ#x80;#x99;s Munster estate and clienteleâ#x80;#x99; 5 Colonial entrepreneur and urban developer: the economic andindustrial infrastructure of Boyleâ#x80;#x99;s Munster estates6 The metallurgical enterprises of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork; 7 â#x80;#x98;A godly resolucon to rebwildeâ#x80;#x99;: Richard Boyleâ#x80;#x99;s patronage ofelite architecture; 8 â#x80;#x98;Acquiring magnificenceâ#x80;#x99;: luxury goods in the material world ofRichard Boyle, first earl of Cork; Plates; 9 The land-grabberâ#x80;#x99;s accomplices: Richard Boyleâ#x80;#x99;s Munster affinity, 1588â#x80;#x93;1603; 10 The first earl of Cork and Gaelic Carbery; 11 Good ladies and ill wives: women on Boyleâ#x80;#x99;s estates 12 Boyleâ#x80;#x99;s private army: the creation of a colonial security forcein early Stuart Munster13 Boyleâ#x80;#x99;s war: the first earl of Cork and the First Bishopsâ#x80;#x99; War; List of Contributors; Index



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