Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Editorial note ix
5. List of principal abbreviations xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Two revolutions: jacobite and Williamite 8
8. 2 Anglo-Irish politics, 1692–1704: the rise of party 35
9. 3 The beginnings of the ‘undertaker system’ 106
10. 4 High churchmen in the Irish convocation 131
11. 5 The crisis in Ireland and the disintegration of Queen Anne’s last ministry 159
12. 6 Exclusion, conformity and parliamentary representation: the impact of the sacramental test on Irish dissenting politics 186
13. 7 British whig ministers and the Irish question, 1714–25 209
14. 8 ‘A remote part of the king’s dominions’: Sir Robert Walpole’s administration and the government of Ireland, c. 1725–42 237
15. Conclusion 276
16. Manuscript sources cited 282
17. Index 291