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
Liverpool University Press
2019, 2019
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| Series: | Reappraisals in Irish history / Reappraisals in Irish history
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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: | Previously issued in print: 2018 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781789629002 |