01.12 - Laboratory of Empire

Both before and after the Flight of the Earls territory in north
Ireland was forfeited to the Crown and purchased by investors. Even
while the burgeoning colony of Virginia was facing its earliest
challenges, it was in Ulster that most government attention was
focused. Money, men, and materials flooded the province, determined
to make this latest plantation effort a success. The experiences of
English, Scots, Welsh and Irish would form the basis of the next
two centuries of British colonial expansion. Check out the podcast
website: https://www.paxbritannica.info Facebook:
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https://twitter.com/BritannicaPax In this episode I made particular
use of the following publications: - Kennedy, L. and Ollerenshaw,
P. (2012).Ulster Since 1600. Oxford - Jane H. Ohlmeyer,
''Civilizinge of those Rude Partes': Colonization within Britain
and Ireland, 1580s-1640s', in The Oxford History of the British
Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire - David Edwards, 'Political
Change and Social Transformation, 1603–1641', in The Cambridge
History of Ireland: 1550–1730 - J. H. Elliott, Scots &
Catalans: Union & Disunion For a full bibliography, see the
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