Table of Contents

I. The Genesis of the NunciatureIntroduction
1: The Rebellion of 1641 and the Evolution of the Confederate Catholics of Ireland
2: Development and Reform in the Irish Church 1618-1645
3: the Background and Formation of the Nuncio
II. Rinuccini in Ireland4: Resistance to the Ormond Peace
5: The Attrition of Influence December 1646 - February 1648
6: The End of the Nunciature
7: The Nuncio, Religious Reform, and the Irish Clergy
8: Conclusion
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliographical Note
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

A highly valuable study ... brings the study of Ireland in the 1640s to a new level of sophistication. Alan Ford, Times Literary Supplement ... a very considerable achievement and a major advance on previous scholarship. Alan Ford, Times Literary Supplement Dr Tadhg O hAnnrachain is to be commended not only for his choice of subject but for his persistence in seeking to extract meaning on the Counter Reformation in Ireland from most unpromising sources ... The outcome from O hAnnrachain's investigation is an original and, in several respects, a startling book. Nicholas Canny, National University of Ireland, Galway, H-Albion