‘The consistently high quality of the scholarship, together with the variety of aspects of ideology explored in unique ways has resulted in a pioneering volume which explores ideology with unprecedented depth and sensitivity. As such it represents an invaluable contribution to our understanding of sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Ireland. … In short, this collection represents both a significant contribution to the study of the formation of Irish ideology and a valuable stimulus for further advances in the field’, Mary Ann Lyons, Irish Economic & Social History.