Contents

pp vii-vii

Dedication

pp viii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xv

Acknowledgements

pp xvi-xvi

Abbreviations

pp xvii-xviii

Prologue: Ireland in the wake of the Kildare rebellion, 1536

pp 1-10

Part 1 - The course of reform government, 1536–1578

pp 11-12

1 - Reform as process: the viceroyalties of Lord Leonard Grey and Sir Anthony St Leger, 1536–1547

pp 13-44

2 - Ireland and the mid-Tudor crisis, 1547–1556

pp 45-71

3 - Reform by programme: the viceroyalties of the earl of Sussex, 1556–1565

pp 72-112

4 - Reform on contract: the viceroyalties of Sir Henry Sidney, 1566–1578

pp 113-158

Interlude: Government in Ireland, 1536–1579

pp 159-166

Part 2 - The impact of reform government, 1556–1583

pp 167-168

5 - Reform government and the feudal magnates

pp 169-208

6 - Reform government and the community of the Pale

pp 209-244

7 - Reform government and Gaelic Ireland

pp 245-290

Epilogue: Reform in crisis: the viceroyalty of Sir John Perrot, 1584–1588

pp 291-300

Bibliography

pp 301-316

Index

pp 317-322

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History

pp 323-325