Part Two: Understanding Colonialism
- September 2020
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October 2020
- Oct 2, 2020 #9 Understanding Colonialism: The New Globalisation: The Age of Monopoly Global Companies
- Oct 9, 2020 #10 Understanding Colonialism: The Early Monopoly Companies and Colonisation
- Oct 16, 2020 #11 Understanding Colonialism: Competitive Colonialism & Defending Colonies
- Oct 23, 2020 #12 Understanding Colonialism: Invasion, Settlement, Slaves and Colonisation
- Oct 30, 2020 #13 Understanding Colonialism: Slaves and Settler Societies
- November 2020
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December 2020
- Dec 4, 2020 #18 Understanding Colonialism: Death and Impoverishment Part III
- Dec 11, 2020 #19 Understanding Colonialism: Indian Colonialism: A Special Case from 1600 to 1914
- Dec 18, 2020 #20 Understanding Colonialism: Russian Colonisation: Another Special Case
- Dec 23, 2020 #21 Understanding Colonialism: The Invasion of China
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January 2021
- Jan 1, 2021 #22 Understanding Colonialism: Africa (Part I)
- Jan 8, 2021 #22 Understanding Colonialism: Africa (Part II)
- Jan 15, 2021 #23 Understanding Colonialism: Settler and non-Settler Colonies
#12 Understanding Colonialism: Invasion, Settlement, Slaves and Colonisation
Many historians have detailed the long history of colonisation by the Irish in the Americas and later in India. In this blog, I summarise some of the key themes of the process of the colonisation of Ireland. If we are to understand colonisation in the Americas we must understand Britain’s first colony, that is, Ireland. Ireland has been unique in British history. Ireland has always been deeply foreign to the British despite her geographical closeness to the mainland of Britain.
#7 Understanding Colonialism: The Destruction of the European Feudal System
Feudalism and the Christian church had been deeply integrated with one another in the 15th and 16th centuries, providing the governance and framework for social, political, economic and religious aspects of life for all Europeans. This was the system that made sense of people’s lives, providing rules that covered everything from marriage to people’s rights to land, even on how to understand the universe. This system also covered political power: the divine rights of monarchs, and the duties of nobles towards their people.