Begging, charity and religion in pre-famine Ireland /
Beggars and begging were ubiquitous features of pre-Famine Irish society, yet have gone largely unexamined by historians. This volume explores 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, gen...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Reappraisals in Irish history ;
13. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Beggars and begging were ubiquitous features of pre-Famine Irish society, yet have gone largely unexamined by historians. This volume explores 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. |
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| Item Description: | Title from content provider. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781786941572 1786941570 9781786949530 1786949539 |