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.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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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