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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Main Author: McCabe, Ciaran
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool Liverpool University Press 2019, 2019
Series:Reappraisals in Irish history / Reappraisals in Irish history
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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