Author: S. A.Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Mary Aikenhead. Her Life, Her Work, and Her Friends. Giving a History of the Foundation of the Congregation of the Irish Sisters of Charity
Mary Aikenhead
Author: Sarah AtkinsonBegging, Charity and Religion in Pre-famine Ireland
Author: Ciarán McCabePublisher:
ISBN: 1786941570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Beggars and begging were ubiquitous features of pre-Famine Irish society, yet have gone largely unexamined by historians. This book explores at length for the first time the complex cultures of mendicancy, as well as how wider societal perceptions of and responses to begging were framed by social class, gender and religion. The study breaks new ground in exploring the challenges inherent in defining and measuring begging and alms-giving in pre-Famine Ireland, as well as the disparate ways in which mendicants were perceived by contemporaries. A discussion of the evolving role of parish vestries in the life of pre-Famine communities facilitates an examination of corporate responses to beggary, while a comprehensive analysis of the mendicity society movement, which flourished throughout Ireland in the three decades following 1815, highlights the significance of charitable societies and associational culture in responding to the perceived threat of mendicancy. The instance of the mendicity societies illustrates the extent to which Irish commentators and social reformers were influenced by prevailing theories and practices in the transatlantic world regarding the management of the poor and deviant. Drawing on a wide range of sources previously unused for the study of poverty and welfare, this book makes an important contribution to modern Irish social and ecclesiastical history. An Open Access edition of this work is available on the OAPEN Library.
The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing
Author: Seamus DeanePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814799062
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1548
Book Description
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