Penal Era & Golden Age: Essays in Irish History, 1690-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation Reprint) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903688361 ISBN 13: 9781903688366

Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2004

Synopsis

First published in 1979 as a tribute to the late Professor J.C. Beckett, this volume of original essays on the history of 18th-century Ireland was conceived both as an exercise in revision, challenging accepted orthodoxies, and as an attempt to open up new areas of study in a period grown stale with competing cliches: the "penal era" for Catholic Ireland which was also the "golden age" of Protestant Ascendancy. As a collection, these essays may fairly be said to have inaugurated a new era in the writing of 18th-century Irish history, as well as launching the careers of a generation of young scholars, a number of whom have gone on to establish themselves as leading authorities in the period. 25 years on, the volume still stands as a landmark, the impact and freshness of the essays undiminished.

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Synopsis

Presents a collection of essays, which can be said to have inaugurated a new era in the writing of eighteenth century Irish history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1903688361
• ISBN 13: 9781903688366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Bartlett Thomas, Hayton D. W.