Empire and enterprise

Money, power and the Adventurers for Irish land during the British Civil Wars

By: David Brown, Michel Siochr (Editor), David Edwards (Editor)

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Hardcover | 10 March 2020

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312 Pages

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The Adventurers for Irish land transformed England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, laying the foundations of the British Empire and modern fiscal state. This is the first book to recognise the key role of the Adventurers and the centrality of Ireland to the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

This book is about the transformation of England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, a revolution that destroyed Ireland. In 1642 a small group of merchants, the 'Adventurers for Irish land', raised an army to conquer Ireland but sent it instead to fight for parliament in England. Meeting secretly at Grocers Hall in London from 1642 to 1660, they laid the foundations of England's empire and modern fiscal state. But a dispute over their Irish land entitlements led them to reject Cromwell's Protectorate and plot to restore the monarchy. This is the first book to chart the relentless rise of the Adventurers and their profound political influence. It is essential reading for students of Britain and Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century, the origins of England's empire and the Cromwellian land settlement.

Industry Reviews

'[...] this is a thoughtful and innovative study that exploits a broad range of sources to achieve Brown's stated aim: to relate "the story of a singular group of English merchants" (1). It is quite the story indeed.'
The Seventeenth Century

'[...] will be essential reading for those concerned with a range of fields including Irish history, of course, but just as significantly the War of the Three Kingdoms, early imperialism, economic history, and Britain's expanding role in global trade including slavery. In this meticulously researched work, Brown argues confidently for an even greater appreciation of the deeply linked relationship between these areas, a relationship driven by the Adventurers. [...] Brown's study is organized chronologically in a groundbreaking and compelling narrative
that contributes significantly to this period's developments and fundamentally to the later course of British colonial policy and practice.'
Journal of British Studies

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