Reformation Women in Ireland, 1660-1760: By Their Authority - Hardcover
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modern Irish women, particularly those from the Protestant colonial community.
Drawing from aristocratic, gentry, farming, business, and trade families, these
women were shaped by the religious and intellectual currents of their time.
Raised within the Church of Ireland or the Church of England, as adults they
were enriched by European influences of the Reformation and
Counter-Reformation: Swiss and Dutch Calvinism, Gallicanism, Jansenism
and the spirituality of Port Royal.
The book explores how these women engaged with Renaissance
Humanism, the early French Enlightenment, and cultural discussions on topics
such as pre-existence, 12th-century Arabic culture, Judaism, and the Lurianic
Kabbala. Central to their lives was Reformation spirituality, which fostered
literacy, critical thinking, and personal faith through vernacular Bible
readings and church services.
Despite living in patriarchal societies that largely relegated
women to subordinate roles, these women demonstrated remarkable resilience and
intellectualism. The book highlights their struggles and triumphs, showing how
they navigated and sometimes resisted the constraints imposed on them. By
focusing on their narratives and voice, the book reveals the courage and agency
these women exhibited in shaping their own destinies and laying out their
legacies.
Through detailed biographical accounts, the book
restores these women to their rightful place in history, offering a nuanced
understanding of their contributions and the broader social and religious
contexts in which they lived. Researchers and general readers with an interest
in women's history, gender studies, and early modern Irish history will find
this a useful addition to those fields.
Phil Kilroy is a Research Associate in Trinity College Dublin. She received her BA and MA in History from University College Dublin and her doctorate from Trinity College Dublin. She is a historian of nonconformity and dissent in 17th century Ireland. Her work, Protestant Dissent and Controversy in Ireland 1660-1714 was published in 1994 by Cork University Press, and she continues to write and publish on the history of ideas and specifically on religious dissent and non-conformity in 17th and 18th century Ireland.
She also researches the history of women in Europe 1600-1900, and in recent years has focused on the history of French women during the Enlightenment and the Revolutionary period. She accepted two commissions to write on these themes and was based in Paris and Rome for some years to pursue her research. In 2000 she published the biography Madeleine Sophie Barat: A life (Cork University Press), and in 2012 published The Society of the Sacred Heart in 19th century France, 1800-1865, (Cork University Press). Both books have been translated into several languages.
At present she is researching the impact of the Inquisition on women in France from 1800-1885. This study is based on material held in the Inquisition Archives of the Vatican.
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