Anglo-Irish Relations Under Elizabeth (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

📚Flashcards
Anglo-Irish Relations Under Elizabeth
Sign up to keep revising.Create a free account to study more flashcards and track your progress.

Practise the cards

10 cards from this deck

Show

The Pale

English-controlled area around Dublin

Old English (Ireland)

Anglo-Irish nobles who ruled most of Ireland

Ireland's predominant religion under Elizabeth

Catholic (despite England being Protestant)

Plantation policy (Ireland)

Settlement of English Protestant colonists on Irish land

Leader of 1595-1603 Irish revolt

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone

Battle of Yellow Ford (year & outcome)

1598; major Tyrone victory, 830 English killed

Essex's 1599 Irish campaign result

Failed; negotiated truce instead of defeating Tyrone

Mountjoy's tactics in Ireland

Scorched-earth policy; burned houses, killed civilians

Battle of Kinsale (year & outcome)

1601; decisive English victory, ended rebellion

Tyrone's submission date & terms

30 March 1603; pardoned, made chief lord of Ulster

Join 100,000+ A-Level students studying Flashcards with us.

Select your subjects, and get access to A+ resources today.