SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Transnationalism, Apostolic Succession, Irish National Land League
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Lecture xv: oldest ongoing ethnic conflict around, more violent/no. of issues, genocide - irish history. Islands of saints & scholars (6th - 9th centuries ce: europe"s dark age, violence, far away from dark age. Irish monks - best educated: age of st. patrick. Irish missionaries ventured out to other places: henry ii. Irish & english shared same religion - roman catholic: no religious dimension to relationship of english & irish, henry viii, made "king of ireland" in 1541 by irish parliament. Irish have parliament of own in dublin: people favourable of english people. Lecture xv: james escapes to raise army to retake throne, catholics in ireland support him & french also give him aid & material support, battle brewing & happening in ireland. Important role in english history: river boyne, north of dublin, battle of boyne, july 12th 1690, william of orange defeats james ii, demonstrated competency as general, penal code, establishes unto ireland as consequence of support.
