The Chief Governors : The Rise and Fall of Reform Government in Tudor Ireland 1536–1588 (Paperback)

Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Prologue: Ireland in the wake of the Kildare rebellion, 1536; Part I. The Course of Reform Government, 1536?1578: 1. Reform as process: the viceroyalties of Lord Leonard Grey and Sir Anthony St Leger, 1536?1547; 2. Ireland and the mid-Tudor crisis, 1547?1556; 3. Reform by programme: the viceroyalties of the earl of Sussex, 1556?1565; 4. Reform on contract: the viceroyalties of Sir Henry Sidney, 1566?1578; Interlude: government in Ireland, 1536?1579; Part II. The Impact of Reform Government, 1556?1583: 5. Reform government and the feudal magnates; 6. Reform government and the community of the Pale; 7. Reform government and Gaelic Ireland; Epilogue: reform in crisis: the viceroyalty of Sir John Perrot, 1584?1588; Bibliography; Index.