{"product_id":"siege-in-ireland-1641-53-hardcover","title":"Siege in Ireland, 1641-53 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePádraig Lenihan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiege was the defining experience of the grindingly brutal and consequential Irish Wars of Religion (1641- 53). Civilians were more likely to encounter siege warfare as participants and as victims than any other kind of military action. Pá draig Lenihan, an acknowledged expert on the period, conveys this experience by examining survivor testimony contained in the 1641 Depositions, the largest and most diverse body of direct and vivid accounts of the civilian exposure to war in the early modern period. Giving equal weight to the ' sharp end' of warfare and to ' war and society' issues such as recruitment, logistics and strategy, the author borrows and adapts methodologies from social and cultural history in order to understand how societies experience conflict and give meaning to it. These were religious wars and if all sides thought they glimpsed Heaven in the sky above them, they' d all spent time in Hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePá draig Lenihan, recently retired from the University of Galway, has written many well-received books and articles on Irish and European warfare in the period 1641- 1748 and brings a wide contextual and conceptual understanding to the study of siege warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 9.37 x 6.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53590973612365,"sku":"9781801511728","price":113.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/rVfKpMUdSu9781801511728.webp?v=1774464576","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/siege-in-ireland-1641-53-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}