Narratives of Loss during the Civil Wars in Ireland, Wales and England Compared, 1641-52

该项目将首先比较爱尔兰1641年证词www.1641.tcd.ie中发现的伤残士兵和战争寡妇的证词与英格兰和威尔士伤残士兵和战争寡妇请愿书中的叙述，发表在www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk上。它将分析三国战争受害者对损失的叙述。以下研究问题将得到回答：如何爱尔兰的殖民经验，使痛苦和损失不同时，英格兰和威尔士相比？在爱尔兰、英格兰和威尔士，普通的男人和女人是如何表达与内战有关的丧亲之痛和损失的？在爱尔兰受伤的士兵可以得到什么样的医疗护理？那些受伤或失去亲人的人是如何使自己成为值得接受慈善救济的人的？与英格兰和威尔士相比，爱尔兰对伤兵、寡妇和孤儿的慈善救济如何？爱尔兰内战带来的痛苦和损失是如何影响人们对这场战争的记忆的，无论是在那里还是在爱尔兰的散居地，从那以后？在爱尔兰被邦联军队夺去丈夫的妇女有什么经历？除了撰写论文回答这些问题外，该项目还将涉及合作，在合作组织国家内战中心（NCWC）举办英国第一次关于爱尔兰17世纪40年代内战的展览。该展览将于2022年7月由一个国际学术会议开幕。

The project will be first to compare the testimonies of maimed soldiers and war widows found in Ireland's 1641 Depositions www.1641.tcd.ie with the narratives found in petitions of maimed soldiers and war widows in England and Wales, published at www.civilwarpetitions.ac.uk. It will analyze the narratives of loss crafted by the sufferers of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The following research questions will be answered: How did Ireland's colonial experience make suffering and loss different when compared to England and Wales?How did ordinary men and women articulate civil-war related bereavement and loss in Ireland, England and Wales?What sort of medical care was available to soldiers injured in Ireland? How did those who had been wounded or bereaved fashion themselves as deserving recipients of charitable relief?How did charitable relief for wounded soldiers, widows and orphans in Ireland compare with that which was provided in England and Wales?How did suffering and loss arising from the Civil Wars in Ireland affect how the wars have been remembered, both there and in the Irish diaspora, ever since? What were the experiences of the women widowed by the confederate forces in Ireland?As well as writing a thesis answering these questions, the Project will also involve a collaboration to stage UK's first exhibition on the Civil Wars of the 1640s in Ireland at the National Civil War Centre (NCWC), the partner organization. The exhibition will be opened by an international academic conference in July 2022.