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Flashcards for Leaving Certificate History (Ordinary and Higher level), split into the Early Modern and Later Modern fields, then one subdeck per topic, Irish history and Europe and the wider world, each divided by perspective. Follows the SEC's topics, case studies and key personalities. Delete or suspend the topics you don't study once the deck is yours.

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What is inside (172 subdecks)

  • Early Modern1639 cards
    • Irish history 1. Reform and Reformation in Tudor Ireland, 1494-1558150 cards
      • Case study: the bardic schools11 cards
      • Case study: the plantation of Laois and Offaly15 cards
      • Case study: women and marriage under Gaelic law7 cards
      • Culture and religion22 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts10 cards
      • Politics and administration57 cards
      • Society and economy28 cards
    • Irish history 2. Rebellion and conquest in Elizabethan Ireland, 1558-1603133 cards
      • Case studies9 cards
      • Culture and religion26 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts14 cards
      • Politics, reform, colonies and the Desmond rebellions38 cards
      • Politics, Ulster and the Nine Years' War35 cards
      • Society and economy11 cards
    • Irish history 3. Kingdom v. colony, the struggle for mastery in Ireland, 1603-1660145 cards
      • Case studies8 cards
      • Culture and religion18 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts24 cards
      • Politics 1603-1641, plantation to rebellion36 cards
      • Politics 1641-1660, rebellion, Confederation and Cromwell46 cards
      • Society and economy13 cards
    • Irish history 4. Establishing a colonial ascendancy, 1660-1715124 cards
      • Case studies7 cards
      • Culture, religion and science25 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts9 cards
      • Politics and administration58 cards
      • Society and economy25 cards
    • Irish history 5. Colony versus kingdom, tensions in mid-18th century Ireland, 1715-177094 cards
      • Case studies6 cards
      • Culture and religion13 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts10 cards
      • Politics and administration38 cards
      • Society and economy27 cards
    • Irish history 6. The end of the Irish kingdom and the establishment of the Union, 1770-1815139 cards
      • Case studies16 cards
      • Culture, religion and science26 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts10 cards
      • Politics and administration64 cards
      • Society and economy23 cards
    • Wider world 1. Europe from Renaissance to Reformation, 1492-1567154 cards
      • Case studies12 cards
      • Culture, religion and science44 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts14 cards
      • Politics and administration62 cards
      • Society and economy22 cards
    • Wider world 2. Religion and power, politics in the later 16th century, 1567-1609146 cards
      • Case studies12 cards
      • Culture, religion and science32 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts17 cards
      • Politics: France, England and the Armada36 cards
      • Politics: Muscovy and the Holy Roman Empire12 cards
      • Politics: Spain and the Netherlands22 cards
      • Society and economy15 cards
    • Wider world 3. The eclipse of Old Europe, 1609-1660143 cards
      • Case studies17 cards
      • Culture, religion and science26 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts18 cards
      • Politics: France, England and Spain38 cards
      • Politics: the Thirty Years' War, Sweden and Russia24 cards
      • Society and economy20 cards
    • Wider world 4. Europe in the age of Louis XIV, 1660-1715115 cards
      • Case studies19 cards
      • Culture, religion and science19 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts10 cards
      • Politics and administration50 cards
      • Society and economy17 cards
    • Wider world 5. Establishing empires, 1715-1775140 cards
      • Case studies16 cards
      • Culture, religion and science34 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts10 cards
      • Politics and administration50 cards
      • Society and economy30 cards
    • Wider world 6. Empires in revolution, 1775-1815156 cards
      • Case studies15 cards
      • Culture, religion and science27 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts22 cards
      • Politics: Napoleon and the wars24 cards
      • Politics: the American Revolution15 cards
      • Politics: the French Revolution22 cards
      • Society and economy31 cards
  • Later Modern2103 cards
    • Irish history 1. Ireland and the Union, 1815-1870133 cards
      • Case studies16 cards
      • Culture, religion and science19 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts10 cards
      • Politics and administration63 cards
      • Society and economy25 cards
    • Irish history 2. Movements for political and social reform, 1870-1914250 cards
      • Case study: Dublin 1913, strike and lockout28 cards
      • Case study: the elections of 1885 and 188627 cards
      • Case study: the GAA to 189125 cards
      • Culture and religion27 cards
      • Home Rule and Parnell, 1870-190036 cards
      • Home Rule crisis, unionists, Volunteers and Sinn Féin, 1898-191434 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts28 cards
      • Society and economy36 cards
      • Women's suffrage9 cards
    • Irish history 3. The pursuit of sovereignty and the impact of partition, 1912-1949189 cards
      • Case studies18 cards
      • Culture and religion23 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts26 cards
      • Northern Ireland, 1920-194512 cards
      • Politics 1912-1923, Rising to Civil War61 cards
      • Politics 1923-1949, Free State to Republic32 cards
      • Society and economy17 cards
    • Irish history 4. The Irish diaspora, 1840-1966116 cards
      • Case studies18 cards
      • Culture and religion24 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts14 cards
      • Politics28 cards
      • Society and economy32 cards
    • Irish history 5. Politics and society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993147 cards
      • Case studies15 cards
      • Culture and religion13 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts18 cards
      • Politics before the Troubles, 1949-196929 cards
      • Politics during the Troubles, 1969-199358 cards
      • Society and economy14 cards
    • Irish history 6. Government, economy and society in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-1989131 cards
      • Case studies12 cards
      • Culture, religion and science19 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts25 cards
      • Politics and administration56 cards
      • Society and economy19 cards
    • Wider world 1. Nationalism and state formation in Europe, 1815-1871166 cards
      • Case studies17 cards
      • Culture, religion and science25 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts24 cards
      • Politics 1815-1850, restoration and revolutions26 cards
      • Politics 1862-1871, German unification17 cards
      • Politics, Balkan nationalism and Russia15 cards
      • Politics, Italian unification16 cards
      • Society and economy26 cards
    • Wider world 2. Nation states and international tensions, 1871-1920173 cards
      • Bismarck, empire and the road to war, 1871-191440 cards
      • Case studies18 cards
      • Culture, religion and science35 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts15 cards
      • Society and economy21 cards
      • The First World War and the peace settlement, 1914-192044 cards
    • Wider world 3. Dictatorship and democracy in Europe, 1920-1945233 cards
      • Case studies19 cards
      • Culture, religion and science27 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts38 cards
      • Politics: Communist Russia26 cards
      • Politics: fascist Italy and Spain27 cards
      • Politics: France and wartime alliances22 cards
      • Politics: Weimar Germany and the Nazi state42 cards
      • Society and economy32 cards
    • Wider world 4. Division and realignment in Europe, 1945-1992202 cards
      • Case studies21 cards
      • Culture, religion and science41 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts21 cards
      • Politics: European unity22 cards
      • Politics: the Cold War, 1945-196234 cards
      • Politics: the Cold War, 1962-199237 cards
      • Society and economy26 cards
    • Wider world 5. European retreat from empire and the aftermath, 1945-1990177 cards
      • Case studies22 cards
      • Culture and religion15 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts17 cards
      • Politics: Africa50 cards
      • Politics: Asia and the Middle East41 cards
      • Society and economy32 cards
    • Wider world 6. The United States and the world, 1945-1989186 cards
      • Case studies19 cards
      • Culture, religion and science37 cards
      • Key personalities and concepts25 cards
      • Politics and administration60 cards
      • Society and economy45 cards

Some of its cards

  • Which composer wrote the opera Orfeo, first performed in Mantua in 1607?
    Claudio Monteverdi
  • Colonisation (Elizabethan Ireland)
    Settling English colonists in Irish territory under the crown's authority
  • What was the state of the Irish economy after 1815?
    A post-war slump, falling prices and unemployment for farmers and labourers
  • What was the economic effect of war on 17th century European states?
    Heavy taxes, debt and falling trade
  • Who was Imre Nagy?
    Hungarian prime minister in the 1956 uprising
  • Who was queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603?
    Elizabeth I
  • What was the Sunningdale Agreement, signed in December 1973?
    A deal between the British and Irish governments and the Northern Irish parties, for power sharing and a Council of Ireland
  • What caused the population of Ireland to grow rapidly between 1770 and 1820?
    Early marriage, the potato and expanding tillage
  • Who was Louis XIV?
    The Sun King, ruler of France from 1643 to 1715
  • Who was John Maynard Keynes?
    A British economist

And 3732 more once you add the deck.