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The devil from over the sea : remembering and forgetting Oliver Cromwell in Ireland / Sarah Covington.

By: Covington, Sarah, 1965- [author.]Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (vii, 409 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191882852 (ebook) :Subject(s): Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 -- Public opinion | Collective memory -- Ireland -- History | Ireland -- History -- 1649-1660 -- HistoriographyAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198848318DDC classification: 941.506092 LOC classification: DA944.4Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Since his brutal conquest of Ireland, Oliver Cromwell has attained the status of Ireland's national ogre. This book uncovers the ways in which he was memorialised and sometimes conveniently forgotten from 1660 to 1900, exploring his diverse personae in history writing, religious works, literature, political polemic, folklore, and the landscape.
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This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Since his brutal conquest of Ireland, Oliver Cromwell has attained the status of Ireland's national ogre. This book uncovers the ways in which he was memorialised and sometimes conveniently forgotten from 1660 to 1900, exploring his diverse personae in history writing, religious works, literature, political polemic, folklore, and the landscape.

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