Ireland between 1169 and 1541

Ireland between 1169 and 1541

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-         The confrontations about the king supports the Anglo-Norman conquest

-         the inferior ( unterlegen ) king of Leinster ( Dermot Mac Murchada ) asked by King Heinrich 2. for Anglo-Norman barons to help him

-         Heinrich was King of England

-         he wants his kingdom back

-         he promised them areas and titles in Leinster 16177bgq53mrb1o

-         1169 came Dermot back with foreign mercenaries ( Söldner ) and lots of Irish allies

-         He could recapture ( zurückerobern ) a part of his areas

-         Per example Dublin and other cities at the east coast

-         After his death became his son-in-law, Richard Strongbow, the throne of Leinster

16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o - 16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o Heinrich came 1171 to Ireland with a big army to prevent an independant Anglo-

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-         One year later most Kings Munsters and Leinsters, and also the Anglo-Norman barons

16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o was defeated

-         they had only some rights

-         at 1300 early 65 per cent were in the hand of the new conquerer

-         the defeated kept only the highlands

-         1185 and 1210 came Heinrich’s son Johann to Ireland

-         he wanted to stop the spread ( Ausbreitung ) from the Anglo-Norman

- 16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o Beginning of the 14. of century began the Irish to fights against the foreign reign 16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o

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-         After the battle by 16177bgq53mrb1o Bannockburn 1314 came the Scottish king,Edward Bruce, to I 16177bgq53mrb1o Ireland

-         He tried without success to defeated the English

-         Although Bruce' plan went wrong, England lost sth. from the power 16177bgq53mrb1o

-         After the plague ( Pest ) epidemic of 1348, the Irish population had halved herself

-         The island was no more rich

-         the English landowners onlylived in the foreign countries

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16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o 16177bgq53mrb1o - 16177bgq53mrb1o In the coming years, were the English interests still pushed through.

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-         1537 tried the English King Heinrich 8. to bring the Reformation to Ireland

-         but the population remained Catholic

-         1541 became Heinrich 16177bgq53mrb1o king of Ireland. 16177bgq53mrb1o