The study shows how the 1641 Irish Rebellion played an integral role in politicizing the English people and escalating the political crisis of the 1640s.

Prelude: Survivors and Victims
Introduction: Irish Relief and British Problems
Distress and Great Necessity: The Experience of Survival in 1641
The Hand of God and the Works of Man: Narrations of Survival
Imagining the Rebellion: Atrocity, Anti-Popery and the Tracts of 1641
A World of Misery: The International Significance of the 1641 Rebellion
Many Distressed Irish: Refugees and the Problem of Local Order
Local Charity: Contributions to the Irish Cause
Hard and Lamentable Decisions: The Distributions and Decline of Irish Relie f
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index