Franco-Irish Relations, 1500-1610: Politics, Migration and Trade (Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series)

246 Pages·7.515 MB·English

by  Mary Ann Lyons

ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
STUDIES IN HISTORY
New Series
FRANCO-IRISH RELATIONS, 1500–1610
POLITICS, MIGRATION AND TRADE
TO COLM LENNON, MENTOR AND FRIEND
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Extract from the late sixteenth-century Mercator-Hondius map of Europe,
reproduced fromLandmarks of mapmaking, maps chosen and displayed by
R. V. Tooley, Oxford 1976.
FRANCO-IRISH RELATIONS, 1500–1610
POLITICS, MIGRATION AND TRADE
Mary Ann Lyons
THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE BOYDELL PRESS
© Mary Ann Lyons 2003
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First published 2003
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Lyons, Mary Ann.
Franco-Irish relations, 1500–1610 : politics, migration, and trade /
Mary Ann Lyons.
p. cm. – (Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series,
ISSN 0269–2244)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–86193–266–8 (alk. paper)
1. Ireland – Relations – France. 2. Ireland – History – 16th century.
3. Ireland – Foreign relations – France. 4. Ireland – Civilization –
French influences. 5. Ireland – Foreign economic relations – France.
6. France – Foreign economic relations – Ireland. 7. France – Foreign
relations – 16th century. 8. France – Foreign relations – Ireland.
9. France – Relations – Ireland. I. Royal Historical Society (Great
Britain) II. Title. III. Series.
DA964.F8L96 2003
303.48'2415044'09031 – dc21 2003005336
This book is printed on acid-free paper
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Contents
Page
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements xi
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
1 ‘Vain imagination’: the French dimension to Geraldine intrigue, 27
1523–1539
2 Gerald Fitzgerald’s sojourn in France, 1540 44
3 Irish dimensions to the Anglo-French war, 1543–1546 59
4 The French diplomatic mission to Ulster and its aftermath, 77
1548–1551
5 French conspiracy at rival courts and Shane O’Neill’s triangular 109
intrigue, 1553–1567
6 French reaction to Catholic Counter-Reformation campaigns 131
in Ireland, 1570–1584
7 France and the fall-out from the Nine Years’ War in Ireland, 167
1603–1610
Conclusion 198
Bibliography 211
Glossary 232
Index 233

List of Illustrations
Frontpiece/jacket illustration: Extract from the late sixteenth-century
Mercator-Hondius map of Europe, reproduced from Landmarks of
mapmaking, maps chosen and displayed by R. V. Tooley, Oxford 1976.
Despite successive attempts to secure copyright permission to reproduce
this map, no reply was forthcoming prior to this book going to press.
1. Jean de Monluc, c.1508–1579, bishop of Valence 89
2. Antoine de Noailles, c.1504–1585, French ambassador 112
to England
Map
Gaelic lordships,c.1534, with prominent English marchers 18–19
Photographic Acknowledgements
Plates 1 and 2 are reproduced by kind permission of the Bibliothèque
Nationale de France, Paris.