The eighteenth-cenrtury composite state : representative institutions in Ireland and Europe, 1689-1800

A pioneering exploration of the phenomenon of the composite state in Eighteenth-century Europe. Employing a comparative approach, it combines the findings of new research on Ireland with broader syntheses of major composite states in Europe -- those of France, Austria and Poland-Lithuania. This pioneering exploration of the phenomenon of the composite state in Eighteenth-century Europe employs a comparative approach to sustain the case for the inclusion of Ireland within this interpretative framework. Written by acknowledged experts, the collection uniquely combines the findings of new research on Ireland with broader syntheses of some of the major composite states of Europe. With accounts of the pays d'etat of Burgundy (Julian Swann) and Languedoc (Stephen J. Miller) in France, on the Hungarian diet and Austria (Orsolya Szakaly) and Poland-Lithuania (Richard Butterwick), and of Irish confessional (James Kelly, David Hayton), financial (C.I. McGrath), improving (Andrew Sneddon) and security (Neal Garnham) legislation, as well as a reflective introduction and conclusion setting the essays in their wider historical and interpretative context, this collection both amplifies understanding of the nature of the European composite state and of the deliberations of the Irish parliament. This book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of eighteenth-century European and Irish history Contents......Page 8 List of Figures, Tables and Maps......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 11 Abbreviations......Page 14 List of Contributors......Page 16 Editorial Note......Page 18 Introduction: The Irish Parliament in European Context: A Representative Institution in a Composite State......Page 22 Part I: Ireland......Page 38 1 Money, Politics and Power: The Financial Legislation of the Irish Parliament......Page 40 2 Sustaining a Confessional State: The Irish Parliament and Catholicism......Page 63 3 Parliament and the Established Church: Reform and Reaction......Page 97 4 Defending the Kingdom and Preserving the Constitution: Irish Militia Legislation 1692–1793......Page 126 5 Legislating for Economic Development: Irish Fisheries as a Case Study in the Limitations of ‘Improvement’......Page 155 Part II: Europe......Page 180 6 ‘Le roi demande, les états consente’: Royal Council, Provincial Estates and Parlements in Eighteenth-Century Burgundy......Page 182 7 The Estates of Languedoc in Eighteenth-Century France: Administrative Expansion and Feudal Revitalisation......Page 202 8 Managing a Composite Monarchy: The Hungarian Diet and the Habsburgs in the Eighteenth Century......Page 224 9 Lawmaking in a Post-Composite State? The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Eighteenth Century......Page 240 Conclusion......Page 263 A......Page 273 C......Page 274 D......Page 276 E......Page 277 G......Page 278 I......Page 279 K......Page 280 M......Page 281 O......Page 282 P......Page 283 R......Page 286 S......Page 287 U......Page 288 Z......Page 289 "This pioneering exploration of the phenomenon of the composite state in eighteenth-century Europe employs a comparative approach to sustain the case for the inclusion of Ireland within this interpretive framework. Written by acknowledged experts, the collection uniquely combines the findings of new research on Ireland with broader syntheses of some of the major composite states of Europe. Chapters on Irish legislation relating to the confessional state, public finance, internal security and social and economic ìmprovement' are complemented by accounts of representative institutions in France, Hungary and Poland-Lithuania. A reflective introduction and conclusion set the collection in the wider historical and interpretive context. The volume thus amplifies our understanding of the nature of the European composite state and the deliberations of the Irish parliament."--BOOK JACKET Edited By D.w Hayton, James Kelly And John Bergin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.