16th Century Irish Armies 1487-1587
The first of a series of two books for the Retinue to Regiment series covering Irish armies of the Tudor era, this covers military affairs in Ireland, 1487 to 1587. The second book in the series will cover the period of rapid Irish military modernization coincident with the Armada and the Nine Years War. Ireland at the outset of the Tudor era was a highly militarised society, with more than sixty Gaelic lordships maintaining independent armed forces. By 1540’s, the centralising Tudor state had ended the self rule enjoyed by the Anglo-Irish Pale, and was embarked on an increasingly severe programme of reconquest.
Gresh Robert
- Helion & Company
- 9781804513545
- 248 pages
- Paperback
- United Kingdom
- Military history
