A viceroy's vindication? : Sir Henry Sidney's memoir of service in Ireland, 1556-1578

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The work A viceroy's vindication? : Sir Henry Sidney's memoir of service in Ireland, 1556-1578 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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A viceroy's vindication? : Sir Henry Sidney's memoir of service in Ireland, 1556-1578

Title remainder

Sir Henry Sidney's memoir of service in Ireland, 1556-1578

Statement of responsibility

edited by Ciaran Brady

Creator

• Sidney, Henry, Sir, 1529-1586

Contributor

• Brady, Ciaran

Subject

• British -- Ireland -- History -- 16th century -- Sources
• Ireland -- History -- 1558-1603 -- Sources
• Sidney, Henry, Sir, 1529-1586

Genre

• Sources

Language

eng

Summary

"Three times Viceroy, Sir Henry Sidney was a key figure in the Elizabethan conquest of Ireland. Sidney's account of his public career in Ireland, written in the winter of 1582-3, is one of the earliest political memoirs in English literature. It is unique among early memoirs in its size, richness of detail and apparent fidelity to the factual record. Composed in plain prose and consciously shorn of decoration and classical allusion, this narrative presents an individual with attitudes and preoccupations at odds with those of the zealous advocate of military conquest and religious oppression so often portrayed by historians. By exploring its emphases, omissions and deviations from the recorded sequence of events, the editor's introduction reveals a surprisingly complex set of Elizabethan perceptions and prejudices about Ireland. This memoir, last edited for publication in the mid-nineteenth century, is an essential source for the study of the English in Ireland."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

N6I

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DA940

LC item number

.S54 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Irish narratives