Manchester University Press
13 An Irish Black Legend
Abstract
The Irish exiles in the Spanish Monarchy were extremely active in the years prior to 1641. Connecting the Hispanic dimension of events in 1641 and the birth of an Irish 'Black Legend' comparable to the classical 'Spanish Black Legend' required the reflection on the meaning of violence. The presence of the Spanish monarchy together with the Catholic Irish meant the transmission of negative qualities between Britain and Ireland. The Muslim medieval past of the Iberian Peninsula and its ancient links with Ireland meant that the polarised and antipathetic representation of the Muslims in general and Turks in particular had strong synthetic and interchangeable negative characteristics. The fears of the hegemon group surfaced, mixed with the description of the atrocity stories of the Thirty Years' War which circulated in Britain and Ireland. The experience of real violence and its outcome reshaped the mindset of the populations in Britain and Ireland.
Abstract
The Irish exiles in the Spanish Monarchy were extremely active in the years prior to 1641. Connecting the Hispanic dimension of events in 1641 and the birth of an Irish 'Black Legend' comparable to the classical 'Spanish Black Legend' required the reflection on the meaning of violence. The presence of the Spanish monarchy together with the Catholic Irish meant the transmission of negative qualities between Britain and Ireland. The Muslim medieval past of the Iberian Peninsula and its ancient links with Ireland meant that the polarised and antipathetic representation of the Muslims in general and Turks in particular had strong synthetic and interchangeable negative characteristics. The fears of the hegemon group surfaced, mixed with the description of the atrocity stories of the Thirty Years' War which circulated in Britain and Ireland. The experience of real violence and its outcome reshaped the mindset of the populations in Britain and Ireland.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures ix
- List of contributors xi
- Series editors’ preface xv
- Acknowledgements xvii
- 1 Introduction – 1641 1
- 2 Early modern violence from memory to history 17
- 3 The ‘1641 massacres’ 37
- 4 1641 in a colonial context 52
- 5 Towards a cultural geography of the 1641 rising/rebellion 71
- 6 Out of the blue 95
- 7 News from Ireland 115
- 8 Performative violence and the politics of violence in the 1641 depositions 134
- 9 Atrocities in the Thirty Years War 153
- 10 Why remember terror? 176
- 11 Language and conflict in the French Wars of Religion 197
- 12 How to make a successful plantation 219
- 13 An Irish Black Legend 236
- 14 Afterword 254
- Index 274
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures ix
- List of contributors xi
- Series editors’ preface xv
- Acknowledgements xvii
- 1 Introduction – 1641 1
- 2 Early modern violence from memory to history 17
- 3 The ‘1641 massacres’ 37
- 4 1641 in a colonial context 52
- 5 Towards a cultural geography of the 1641 rising/rebellion 71
- 6 Out of the blue 95
- 7 News from Ireland 115
- 8 Performative violence and the politics of violence in the 1641 depositions 134
- 9 Atrocities in the Thirty Years War 153
- 10 Why remember terror? 176
- 11 Language and conflict in the French Wars of Religion 197
- 12 How to make a successful plantation 219
- 13 An Irish Black Legend 236
- 14 Afterword 254
- Index 274
