Captain Rock : The Irish Agrarian Rebellion Of 1821-1824.
Donnelly, James S., Jr.
Captain Rock : The Irish Agrarian Rebellion Of 1821-1824. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (526 pages) - History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora Series . - History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Origins of the Movement -- 2. Expansion and Retreat -- 3. Ideology and Organization -- 4. Pastorini and Captain Rock: Millenarianism and Sectarianism -- 5. Social Composition and Leadership -- 6. The Issue of Tithes -- 7. The Issue of Rents -- 8. Patterns of Rockite Violence -- 9. Repression of the Movement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Named for its mythical leader "Captain Rock," avenger of agrarian wrongs, the Rockite movement of 1821-24 in Ireland was notorious for its extraordinary violence. In Captain Rock, James S. Donnelly, Jr., offers both a fine-grained analysis of the conflict and a broad exploration of Irish rural society after the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
9780299233136
Peasant uprisings--Ireland--History--19th century.
Ireland--History--1800-1837.
Electronic books.
DA975
941.5081
Captain Rock : The Irish Agrarian Rebellion Of 1821-1824. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (526 pages) - History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora Series . - History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Origins of the Movement -- 2. Expansion and Retreat -- 3. Ideology and Organization -- 4. Pastorini and Captain Rock: Millenarianism and Sectarianism -- 5. Social Composition and Leadership -- 6. The Issue of Tithes -- 7. The Issue of Rents -- 8. Patterns of Rockite Violence -- 9. Repression of the Movement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Named for its mythical leader "Captain Rock," avenger of agrarian wrongs, the Rockite movement of 1821-24 in Ireland was notorious for its extraordinary violence. In Captain Rock, James S. Donnelly, Jr., offers both a fine-grained analysis of the conflict and a broad exploration of Irish rural society after the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
9780299233136
Peasant uprisings--Ireland--History--19th century.
Ireland--History--1800-1837.
Electronic books.
DA975
941.5081