Castles and colonists : an archaeology of Elizabethan Ireland /
Eric Klingelhofer
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 176 pages) : illustrations, maps
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- The Manchester Spenser .
Introduction -- Archaeology and Elizabeth's empire -- Elizabethan fortifications in Ireland -- Colonial settlement -- Vernacular architecture -- The archaeology of Kilcolman Castle -- Spenserian architecture in Ireland -- Conclusions
Based on decades of research, this volume details how archaeology had revealed the traces of a short-lived, but significant culture which has been, until now, eclipsed ideological conflict between Tudor queens, Hapsburg hegemony and native Irish traditions