This article examines the 1641 Irish rebellion through a neglected manuscript account from 1643, written by Henry Jones and three of his 1641 deposition colleagues. The ‘Treatise’ offers important insights into the rebellion, but also advances a broader understanding of the significance of the early modern efforts to civilise Ireland and the impact of these schemes, especially plantation, on the kind of conflict that erupted in the 1640s. It is an evaluation that brings together both the long pre-history of the rebellion, and what eventually unfolded, offering new perspectives into a crucial and contested debate within modern historiography. The ‘Treatise’ also presents the opportunity to interrogate the position of the settler community, and their careful construction and presentation of a religiously- and culturally-driven improvement of the country. While it was a period of crisis, the rebellion offered an important opportunity to reflect on the wider project of Irish conversion and civility. It was a moment of creation and self-creation, as the emerging ‘British’ community not only digested the shock of the rebellion, but sought to fashion narratives that underlined their moral claims to Ireland on the grounds of true religion and civility.

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1641 年爱尔兰叛乱中的宗教、文明和爱尔兰的“英国人”

本文通过亨利·琼斯和他 1641 年的三位同事撰写的 1643 年被忽视的手稿记录来审视 1641 年的爱尔兰叛乱。“论文”提供了对叛乱的重要见解，但也促进了对早期现代爱尔兰文明努力的重要性以及这些计划（尤其是种植园）对 1640 年代爆发的冲突的影响的更广泛理解。这是一个将叛乱的漫长史前史和最终展开的评估结合起来的评估，为现代史学中的关键和有争议的辩论提供了新的视角。“论文”还提供了询问定居者社区立场的机会，以及他们对国家的宗教和文化驱动的改进的精心构建和展示。虽然这是一个危机时期，但叛乱提供了一个重要的机会来反思爱尔兰皈依和文明的更广泛项目。这是一个创造和自我创造的时刻，因为新兴的“英国”社区不仅消化了叛乱的冲击，而且试图根据真正的宗教和文明来塑造强调他们对爱尔兰的道德主张的叙述。