Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Physical Description:
xiv, 176 p. : ill., maps.
Series:
The Manchester Spenser
Manchester Spenser.
Contents:
Introduction -- Archaeology and Elizabeth's empire -- Elizabethan fortifications in Ireland -- Colonial settlement -- Vernacular architecture -- The archaeology of Kilcolman Castle -- Spenserian architecture in Ireland -- Conclusions.
Abstract:
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.
