Toby Barnard
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Biography
Toby Christopher Barnard, FBA is emeritus fellow in history at Hertford College, University of Oxford. He joined the college in 1976 and retired in 2012. He was formerly lecturer in history at Royal Holloway (1970-1976). Barnard is a specialist in the political, social and cultural histories of Ireland and England, c. 1600-1800. His A New Anatomy of Ireland (2003) was notable for the depth of primary research that Barnard carried out to complete it. One reviewer commented that "This task of discovery and accumulation by itself is an heroic achievement."Barnard is a fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society. He did his undergraduate studies at The Queen's College, Oxford, and was supervised for his DPhil by Hugh Trevor-Roper.
Publications
- The English Republic, 1649-60. Longman, London, 1982. (Seminar Studies in History)
- Cromwellian Ireland: A new anatomy of Ireland: the Irish Protestants, 1649-1770. Yale University Press, 2003.
- Irish Protestant Ascents and Descents, 1641 - 1770. Four Courts Press, 2004. ISBN 1851826939
- Making the Grand Figure: Lives and possessions in Ireland, 1641-1700. Yale University Press, 2004. ISBN 0300103093
- The Kingdom of Ireland, 1641-1760. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 0333610768
- A guide to the sources for the history of material culture in Ireland: 1500-2000. Four Courts Press, 2005. ISBN 1851828222
- Improving Ireland? Projectors, prophets and profiteers, 1641-1786. Four Courts Press, 2008. ISBN 1846820553