The clergy of Cork, Cloyne and Ross during the Tudor reformations



Whitman, Michael
The clergy of Cork, Cloyne and Ross during the Tudor reformations. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

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Abstract

This thesis challenges existing diocesan histories of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. Its local focus provides an invaluable opportunity to explore the successes and failures of the reformations in the region. The arguments are split into four chapters, which are divided between the upper and lower clerical orders, the secular and religious clergy, both before and during the eras of the Tudor reformations. The argument uses antiquarian sources, Irish annals and English state papers to narrate the formation of diocesan, parochial and monastic structures in the region. The quality of each is then assessed for both the late medieval and reformations periods, with direct reference to the effects of the peculiarities of Co. Cork’s religion upon the progress of reform. The thesis argues that the secular elites of Cork, Cloyne and Ross were intrinsically wedded to its church, involved heavily in the creation of the parish and monastic networks. Following the contraction of the crown polity in the medieval periods, local families took on increasing levels of influence. During the Tudor period, the crown sought to expand its power in the region. However, the agents of reform failed to engage with the Irish and Anglo-Norman elites. Instead, their work would be accomplished at the expense of the traditional political and religious structures. This failure was based in the pervasive economic and polical connections between the secular and religious elites of Co. Cork, but was reinforced by the particular weaknesses of the Anglican reformation strategy.

Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Additional Information: Date: 2015-02 (completed)
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Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 27 Aug 2015 09:47
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2022 01:38
DOI: 10.17638/02010759
URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2010759