Author

Publication

2004 - Four Courts Press, Dublin

Language

English

Word Count

89,750 words, Guess

Page Count

359 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing9217983

Classifications

  • DDC305.6/23/041509033
  • LCCDA947 .B357 2004

Description

"These essays explore what it meant to be a Protestant living in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ireland. Protestants are shown responding to an environment, sometimes hostile, but also full of potential. Often, they behaved ruthlessly and quirkily, eager to secure prosperity and security for themselves and their kindred. However, more unexpected aspects of their lives, with their pleasures, are recovered. The studies, by looking closely at their experiences, questions many of the cliches regarding the Irish Protestant ascendancy."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryProtestantsSocial conditionsSocial life and customsIreland -- History -- 1649-1775.Ireland -- History -- 1625-1649.Protestants -- Ireland -- Social conditions.

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