ENG 342RW Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Four Green Fields, Protestantism, Irish Rebellion Of 1798
Document Summary
Irish flag: green-catholic, orange -protestant, white-trying to reach peace. Relationship between ireland and england: two islands. Ireland has always been seen as a problem . Ireland: set in a continuous past, could be fact or fiction, it is ahistorical, allegorical language- can"t come out and accuse the british so literally. The four provinces of ireland: ulster (northern, munster (south, leinster (east, connacht (west) King henry viii, king of england 1509-47: declared himself king of ireland (and england) in 1541 in part of his separation from the church of rome, changed the religion of england to protestantism/ anglicanism. But ireland resists the reformation and remains catholic. Queen elizabeth i, queen of england 1558-1603: begins plantation of ireland, first successful to really conquer ireland, the flight of the earls 1607 (?) John knox 1505-1572: calvinist thinker who founded what would become the presbyterian faith in scotland. James iv of scotland: becomes james i of england, uniting the two kingdoms.
