Lectures on the History of Ireland, Down to A. D. 1534; By A. G. Richey
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869. Excerpt: ... LECTURE VI. THE GOVERNMENT AND POLICY OF ENGLAND IN IRELAND FROM 1172 TO 1315. Let Us reconsider the position of Henry II. as regards Ireland. The first Norman adventurers had submitted to hold as his vassals the lands they had received by gift from King Dermot, and also those which they claimed by inheritance. The Irish chiefs had taken an oath of fealty, by virtue of which, in the King's opinion at least, they held the tribe lands as vassals upon the terms of feudal tenure. Remark how different was the King's conduct to each of these classes. He treated the Normans with insolence and distrust in the hour of their sorest need; he called upon their followers to abandon them, and cut off all supplies from England; he compelled Strongbow upon his knees to ask for pardon; he deprived him of Dublin and the surrounding districts; he threw into chains Fitzstephen, the first adventurer, and received him into favour again only upon the terms of his surrendering Wexford and the adjoining country. Against the Irish chiefs, on the other hand, he waged no war, he deprived none of them of their estates, and he sought in Dublin to dazzle them by his pomp, as he had previously intimidated them by his power. It is evident that the Normans, and not the Irish, were the objects of his fears. He dreaded the establishment of a Norman mo A narchy rather than the maintenance of Irish nationality; and his apprehensions were well founded, for those who in Ireland subsequently strove to establish themselves in independence of the English King were not Celts, but Normans. The De Courcy, De Lacy, De Burgh, and the two families of Fitzgeralds, were the most active enemies of the English Crown. This distrust of the Normans by the King is strikingly shown by what occurred upon the arri...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235658655
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 66
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235658651
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 136 gr

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