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absolute (sovereignty), 2, 64, 6873, 7680,

91, 93, 97, 100, 122, 127, 134, 142, 145,
1523, 155, 157, 15960
as exercised by the lord deputy, 103
prerogative rights, 65, 69, 72, 77, 95, 103,
157
active virtue, 4, 12
act of attainder, 37, 128
act of kingly title, 1617, 37, 141, 152
Alford, Stephen, 11, 53, 157
appropriated benefices, 257, 31, 49
Archer, James, 128
Aristotle, 106, 11213
atomization (of lordships), 14, 110, 11516,
1212, 133, 154
Aylmer, John, 65, 67, 150

Bryskett, Lodowick, 12, 64, 87, 92, 98,

11013, 152
Burgess, Glenn, 160
Burke, Earl of Clanrickard, 43, 99, 140
Burnell, Henry, 66
Butler, Thomas, 10th Earl of Ormond, 41,
767, 98, 128
Calvin, John, 3, 5, 21, 28, 35, 46, 107
Campion, Edmund, 356, 534
Canny, Nicholas, 8, 19, 32, 99, 136
Carew, Peter, 33, 47
Carey, Vincent, 144
Carleil, Christopher, Captain, 1, 114
Carroll, Clare, 144
Cartwright, Thomas, 30, 158
castle chamber, 134
Cawdry, Robert, 157
Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, Lord, 2, 11
cess seeprerogative rights
chancery (in Ireland), 66, 78
Christian humanism, 3, 16
Erasmian, 3, 26, 412
Christian polity, 4, 21, 26, 28, 56, 61, 82, 89,
92, 155
Churchyard, Thomas, 56, 5960
Cicero, 107
circumcision seeconstitutionalism:covenant
civic republicanism, 12, 23, 96, 104, 138,
143, 149, 155, 212
civil obedience, 12, 1517, 19, 21, 26, 39, 54,
58, 601, 137, 158
basic (external) obedience, 17, 33
coercive practice, 39
fear, 18, 20, 324, 41, 60, 62
the sword, 7, 32, 37, 47, 58, 77
just obedience, 31

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Bacon, Francis, 159

Ballriaux, Catherine , 104
Bancroft, Richard, 1578
Beacon, Richard, 14, 104, 1389, 1447,
149, 152, 155
Bermingham, Patrick, 94
Bilson, Thomas, 158
Bingham, George, 132
Bingham, Richard, 2, 119, 122, 126, 130,
132, 146
Blount, Charles, Baron of Mountjoy, Lord
Deputy, 1601
Bodin, Jean, 2, 5, 10, 64, 68, 73, 82, 106, 131,
141, 147
Book of Common Prayer, 30
Bracton, 106
Braddick, Michael, 49, 97, 131
Bradshaw, Brendan, 7, 1516, 32
Brady, Ciaran, 8, 65, 81, 116, 150
Brady, Hugh, Bishop of Meath, 26, 101

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perfect obedience, 27, 32

true obedience, 212, 32, 34, 41, 4950, 53
Clanrickard Burkes, 43, 133, 140, 142
Coffey, John, 23
Coke, Edward, 68
Collinson, Patrick, 5, 11, 489, 75, 157
common law, 22, 24, 36, 40, 67, 69, 74, 106,
109, 116, 1224, 129, 132, 135, 150,
1578, 160
trial by jury, 18, 22, 150
commonwealth, 1415, 1719, 30, 367, 39,
412, 445, 50, 612, 67, 80, 99, 102,
106, 109, 11516, 1223, 125, 127,
134, 1423, 145, 15960
Condren, Conel, 136
conscience, 34, 6, 912, 16, 203, 32, 357,
3943, 456, 4950, 524, 62, 78, 81,
845, 87, 8991, 96, 1002, 104, 106
8, 113, 12630, 1325, 137, 13941,
143, 146, 148, 1501, 1578, 1612
constitutionalism, 910, 20, 223, 30, 55,
81, 83, 104, 148, 160
covenant, 31, 83, 85
liberties (of cities), 1413, 161
mixed polity, 5, 1112, 14, 19, 212, 24,
28, 30, 37, 40, 457, 65, 67, 6970,
81, 834, 935, 100, 1056, 13940,
143, 155, 157
Cork City, 52, 133, 161
corporal oaths, 126
Cosin, Richard, 1578
Coverdale, Miles, bishop of Exeter, 46
coyne and livery, 18, 31, 42, 151
Crawford, J. G., 77
Cromartie, Alan, 69
Cromwell, Thomas, 71
Cunningham, Bernadette, 130, 132
Curwen, Hugh, Archbishop of Dublin, 25,
28, 31

Dillon, Robert, 135

discipline, 556
Calvinist discipline, 56
social discipline, 56
Douglas, James, Earl of Morton, 26
Drury, William, Lord Justice, 27, 45, 60, 63,
767, 141
Dudley, Robert, Earl of Leicester, 2, 85, 157
Du Plessis Mornay, Philippe, 69, 82
ecclesiastical prerogative, 6970, 72
edicts (edict of Nantes), 90, 128
education, 13, 357, 56, 113, 146, 152
Edwards, David, 7, 18, 45, 128
Edward VI, 20, 139
Elton, Geoffrey, 17
ephors, 5, 46, 107
Erasmus, Desiderius, 3, 35
Eustace, James, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass, 39,
93, 989
Exeter, 31, 46
Excester, 139, 143

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Fenton, Geoffrey, 13, 64, 74, 76, 78, 8692,

98102, 110, 121, 127, 133
fidelity
and breakdown in lordly relationships, 6,
19, 3940, 423, 109, 120, 133
duty, 1920, 27, 34, 41, 96, 103, 115,
140, 160
Fitton, Edward, 2, 44, 73
Fitzgerald, Gerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, 103
Fitzgerald, Gerald, 15th Earl of Desmond,
31, 39, 63, 99100, 103, 133, 135, 140
Fitzmaurice, James, 31, 39, 45, 93
Fitzwilliam, Michael, 25
Fitzwilliam, William, Lord Deputy, 17, 20,
34, 36, 46, 79, 100, 1224, 135, 144
Ford, Alan, 57
fortitude, 114
fortuna, 6, 91, 110, 114, 146
Daniel, Terence, 25
change, 84, 99, 102, 104, 117, 130, 1489,
Dawson, Jane, 26
151
Denny, Edward, 12930
innovation,
99, 102, 117, 130, 149
Derricke, John, 567, 60
mutation, 99, 104, 145
Devereux, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, 119,
Franklin, Julian, 64
142, 144, 149
freeholder, 14, 109, 11516, 120, 122, 128,
Devereux, Walter, 1st Earl of Essex, 34
1301
Dillon, Lucas, 135
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Gadja, Alexandra, 159
Gaffney, Christopher, 25
Gall, Walter, 63
Gardiner, Robert, 789, 123
Garvey, Thomas, 701
Gerald of Wales, 47
Gerrard, William, 37, 668
Gilbert, Humphrey, 1, 60
Gods word, 24, 11, 16, 212, 245, 27, 30,
324, 3941, 45, 47, 4950, 545, 57,
61, 80, 85, 90, 107, 139, 158
instruction, 36
preaching, 4, 7, 9, 12, 212, 24, 278, 34,
49, 567, 88, 105, 128, 147, 154
translation of New Testament, 27
Goodman, Christopher, 213, 289, 323,
96, 1501
Googe, Barnaby, 434
Gods grace, 27, 916, 214, 30, 327,
3941, 446, 4850, 547, 61, 81,
834, 8791, 96, 11015, 137, 13940,
1467, 150, 155, 1578
Grey, Arthur, Lord Deputy, 2, 12, 47, 50, 73,
76, 87, 938, 100, 103, 111, 115, 134, 146
Grindal, Edmund, 489
Guicciardini, 2, 92, 99, 147
Guy, John, 11, 63, 72, 157

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Lacy, Hugh, 25
Lake, Peter, 28, 48, 157
Languet, Hubert, 69, 82
Lee, Rowland, 20
Le Strange, Thomas, 132
letters patent, 723
Levy Perk, Linda, 160
liberty, 23, 139
Christian liberty, 23, 41, 82, 104, 139, 151
of conscience, 127
licentiousness, 213, 34, 41, 96, 99, 103
4, 1512
negative liberty, 10, 23, 967, 104, 107,
138
to participate in civil life, 12, 23, 96, 104,
1423, 148, 155, 161
Licurgus, 107
Littletons Tenures, 67
Loftus, Adam, Archbishop of Dublin, 27,
301, 33, 6971, 74, 768, 82, 87, 93,
100, 135
Long, John, Archbishop of Armagh, 12, 12,
34, 54, 102, 105, 111, 114
lord justiceship, 77, 82, 87
Lotz-Heumann, Ute, 55
Lyon, William, Bishop of Cork, 52

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Hadfield, Andrew, 149, 151

Henry II, King, 152
Herbert, William, 2, 12830
high commission, 53, 72, 158, 161
Hobbes, Thomas, 58, 162
Holinshed, 75, 1389, 143, 161
Holt, Mack P., 10
Hooker, John, 14, 46, 133, 13842, 149
Hovendon, Henry, 125
Huguenots, 5
see also Du Plessis Mornay, Philippe
see also Languet, Hubert
imperium, 71, 73, 116
Irish articles of religion, 29

Jones, Thomas, Bishop of Meath, 105, 158

kings bench (in Ireland), 78
Knox, John, 289
Knoxs book of common prayer, 29

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MacCaffrey, Wallace, 63
MacDonald, Angus, 121
MacDonald, Sorley Boy, 77, 117, 121
Machiavelli, 2, 86, 92, 99, 113, 120
MacMahon, Brian McHugh Og, 124
MacMahon, Hugh Roe, 124
MacMahon, Sir Ross, 124
Maginn, Christopher, 18
magistrates, 5, 21, 23, 46, 68, 82, 107, 135, 143
Magna Carta, 67
Magrath, Miler, 512, 135
Maguire, Hugh, 1267
Malby, Nicholas, 423, 45, 48, 51, 73, 77
martial law, 7, 18, 725, 97, 109, 116, 1223,
12930, 132, 146
Maurizio, Viroli, 92
McCabe, Richard, 115, 152
McCaghwell, James, 25
McLaren, Anne, 9, 11, 46
McWilliam Burkes, 130, 132
Middleton, Marmaduke, Bishop of Waterford
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monarchical republic, 11, 40, 45, 75

More, Thomas, 19, 80
Morgan, Hiram, 8, 19, 79, 118, 125, 127
Moyle, Patrick McArt, 126
Murray, James, 8, 81

Perrot, John, Lord Deputy, 2, 27, 51, 54,

7880, 87, 94, 103, 1057, 110, 115
21, 123, 12931, 1335
Philip II, King, 79
Piers, William, 34
plantation, 19, 34, 80, 100, 129, 135
natural body seeStoicism
Ards, 19
Netterville, Richard, 66
Munster, 100, 124, 12830, 138
Nicholls, Kenneth, 117, 125
Ulster, 1, 19, 34, 43, 578, 117, 120, 161
Nine Years War, 125, 159, 161
Pocock, J. G. A., 6, 82, 91, 114, 122
Northern Rebellion (England), 49
Polybius, 106
Norton, Thomas, 4950, 53
Ponet, John, 213, 323, 46, 96, 1501
Nugent, Christopher, Baron of Delvin, 937, Poynings Law, 32, 1034
107, 151
prerogative rights, 33, 659, 73, 823, 935,
Nugent, Nicholas, 945
101, 103, 118, 1412, 147
Nugent, William, 39
Presbyterianism, 30, 158
providence, 33, 44, 82, 91
oath of supremacy, 52, 54, 102, 105, 1345,
prudence, 114
161
OBrien, Donogh, 4th Earl of Thomond, 45 Questier, Michael, 54
OBrien, Turlough, 45
OByrne, Feagh McHugh, 98, 153
Rapple, Rory, 7, 43, 67, 73, 116
OConnor Sligo, 43
reason of state, 117, 122, 124
ODonnell, Hugh Roe, 1267
Rosyer, Robert, 51, 135
office holding
Russell, William, 144
limits on, 6, 51, 78, 133, 137, 148
Sanders, Nicholas, 39, 54
OHely, James, 126
Schilling, Heinz, 55
OHurley, Dermot, 734, 134
ONeill, Hugh, Baron of Dungannon, Earl of Scurlocke, Barnaby, 66
Tyrone, 14, 31, 63, 121, 1257, 15961 Seneca, 119
seneschals, 18
faith and fatherland, 128
Sforza, Lodowick, 91
ONeill, Hugh Gavelach, 125
ONeill, Turlough Luineach, 31, 57, 11718, Shagan, Ethan, 114
Sidney, Henry, Lord Deputy, 2, 1213, 18,
126
20, 259, 347, 43, 489, 51, 54, 568,
OReilly lordship, 120
601, 63, 658, 70, 72, 87, 89, 93, 101,
OReilly, Sir John, 1202
103, 120, 131, 134, 142
ORoughan, Denis, 79
Sidney, Philip, 13, 57, 64, 68, 823, 85, 89,
ORourke, Brian, 122, 136
92, 108, 127, 130, 153
OTool, Arthur, 1234
Anjou match, 127
Pale community, 33, 36, 41, 47, 657, 69, 81, sin, 3, 6, 910, 14, 21, 23, 32, 39, 41, 82, 111
83, 934, 1014, 106, 109, 118, 134, 142 Skinner, Quentin, 4, 78, 24, 64, 812, 96
Patterson, Annabel, 141
Smith, Thomas, 1, 19, 43, 65, 723
papistry, 45, 47, 49, 512
Snagge, Robert, English common lawyer, 69
parliamentary privilege, 103
Snagge, Thomas, Attorney General in Ireland,
Pelham, William, Lord Justice, 767, 141
689
Peltonen, Markku, 34, 110, 1389, 143, 148 Spenser, Edmund, 12, 14, 104, 111, 115,
penal laws, 161
1389, 149, 1515, 160

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Stanihurst, James, Speaker, 35, 141
Stanihurst, Richard, 356, 75
star chamber, 132, 134
state, 24, 67, 910, 14, 37, 50, 546, 58,
61, 645, 70, 724, 76, 78, 80, 82,
847, 8994, 96123, 12539, 1419,
1515, 15860, 162
broken, 99100
as condition or state of the island, 2, 13,
63, 149
as deployed to denote relationship with
Irelands lords, 98, 1201
as distinct from the wider polity or
commonwealth, 2, 13, 745, 81, 102,
146, 1489, 151, 160, 162
institution, 145, 153
St Leger, Warham, 12, 98
Stoicism, 11213, 117, 119
passions and appetites, 1314, 110, 112,
139, 1468
Stubbs, John, 856, 89, 92, 108, 127, 153
surrender and regrant, 16, 18, 11920, 132

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university, 27, 32
Ussher, James, 158
Utopia, 80
van Gelderen, Martin, 910, 23, 108
Vestiarian controversy, 28
Wallop, Henry, Lord Justice, 74, 767, 82,
87, 99, 119, 133
Walsh, Nicholas, Bishop of Ossory, 45, 48
Walsh, Nicholas, Speaker (of the Irish Commons), 1068, 151
Walsingham, Francis, 2, 2930, 45, 48, 50,
76, 95, 105, 157
Waterford City, 47, 106, 133, 1412, 161
Waterhouse, Edward, 34, 74, 140
Weston, Robert, 2, 313, 40, 46, 70, 142
Wexford, 401, 161
White, Nicholas, Master of the Rolls, 402,
66, 68, 957, 99, 105, 107, 135, 151
White, Rowland, 41, 68, 105
Whitgift, John, 11, 72, 1578
Williams, Philip, 79
Wilson, Thomas, 159
Worden, Blair, 84

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Todd, Margo, 34
Trajan, 103
Tremayne, Edmund, 42
trial by duel seeOTool, Arthur
Trollope, Andrew, 512, 135
Tuck, Richard, 113
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