Yuto Osada
The early seventeenth century was a period in which the Irish experienced deepening dissatisfaction in various spheres. As a result of oppression by the English government, the Irish lost their liberty of religion, political power, and land ownership. The Irish subsequently raised a rebellion in October 1641, turning the plight of England’s politics into an opportunity. Their atrocious and bloody violence in the rebellion has been deemed to have caused numerous casualties of Protestant inhabitants.
There has been significant discussion about the Irish rebellion of 1641 and the ensuing depositions, which are the testimonies of the …show more content…
This was highlighted when the 1641 depositions were digitized and published on the website of Trinity College in 2010, with political opposition having relaxed. Today, early modern scholars regard the 1641 depositions as indispensable to early modern Irish history, and, accordingly, they begin to examine various aspects of Irish life and experience in the seventeenth century. However, little attention has been given to the 1641 depositions in Japan. Reflecting such a situation, the present study was undertaken in order to introduce the 1641 depositions and to seek a further approach to the resource.
From the later twentieth century, in parallel with the broad context of high-politics in England, Scotland, and Ireland have become an active area of research, some researchers have studied about why happened political breakdowns in Britain and Ireland including the 1641 rebellion. Their research suggested that socioeconomic downturn in Ireland or political crisis in the three kingdoms were a trigger for breaking out the …show more content…
In this connection, it should be mentioned that from the long-term historical perspective, it is important question that how have the peoples of Britain and Ireland symbolized and memorized the 1641 rebellion on referring to these new findings. The 1641 depositions have the high potential to solve these issues and to light social, economic and cultural interactions between natives and settlers in Ireland in the seventeenth century. Hence, the further study of the resource would be of value to the field both of the history of Britain and