Category: West European Studies

Discuss Deane’s statement above in relation to how The Burning of Bridget Cleary is not just a story about rural people and their reaction to fairies.

The Burning of Bridget Cleary: Cultural and Political Relationship Between Ireland and Britain

The story of the killing of Bridget Cleary is so brilliantly researched and narrated that it becomes a parable of the cultural and political relationship between Ireland and Britain at the end of the last century.” Seamus Deane

Discuss Deane’s statement above in relation to how The Burning of Bridget Cleary is not just a story about rural people and their reaction to fairies.

Explain how the results of the war and the Peace of Westphalia addressed the conflict and attempted to make peace among Europe’s religious faithful.

Thirty Years War

The Thirty Years’ War was, in many ways, an outgrowth of the Protestant Reformation and the corresponding Catholic response.

Explain how the results of the war and the Peace of Westphalia addressed the conflict and attempted to make peace among Europe’s religious faithful.