The Chief Butlers of Ireland and the House of Ormond: An Illustrated Genealogical Guide

The Chief Butlers of Ireland and the House of Ormond: An Illustrated Genealogical Guide
Author: John Kirwan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781788551748

This is the lavishly illustrated and fascinating account of one of the most powerful families in Irish history, the Butlers, whose lives were defined by astounding opulence up to 10 per cent of all wine imported into Ireland was destined for their cellars, paid for by the Crown. The Butlers were based at Kilkenny Castle for over five centuries, and at other seats including Nenagh, Cahir, Roscrea, Kilcash and Thurles.A vital new history for anyone with an interest in British and Irish genealogy and the dominant force of lineage over half a millennium, The Chief Butlers of Ireland and the House of Ormond is a comprehensive record of the lives of the Chief Butlers, Dukes, Marquesses and Earls of Ormond and their families, sumptuously illustrated with their original portraits. Also included is Kilkenny archaeologist Ben Murtagh s essential essay, 'Kilkenny Castle: An Outline of its History, Architecture and Archaeology'.

Cosmopolitan Conservatisms

Cosmopolitan Conservatisms
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2021-05-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004446737

This volume presents a fresh picture of the historical development of “conservatism” from the late 17th to the early 20th century. The book explores the broader geographies and transnational dimensions of conservatism and counterrevolution. The contributions show how counterrevolutionary concepts did not emerge in isolation, but resulted from the interplay between ideas, media, networks, and institutions. Like 19th-century liberalism and socialism, conservatism was the product of traveling ideas and people. This study describes how exile, mobility, and international sociability shaped counterrevolutionary identities. The volume presents case studies on the intersection of political philosophy, scholarly practices, international politics, and governmental bureaucracies. Furthermore, Cosmopolitan Conservatisms offers new approaches to the study of conservatism, including the prisms of ecology, gender, and digital history. Contributors are: Alicia Montoya, Carolina Armenteros, Simon Burrows,Wyger Velema, Michiel van Dam, Glauco Schettini, Nigel Aston, Brian Vick, Lien Verpoest, Beatrice de Graaf, Jean-Philippe Luis, Joep Leerssen, Amerigo Caruso, Joris van Eijnatten, Emily Jones, Aymeric Xu, and Axel Schneider.

History of Universities XXXV / 1

History of Universities XXXV / 1
Author: Robin Darwall-Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2022-05-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0192693085

This special edition of History of Universities, Volume XXXV/1, studies and reappraises the often ignored history of eighteenth-century Oxford, caught as it is between the upheavals of the Stuart century and the reformation of the Victorian era.

History of Universities XXXV / 1

History of Universities XXXV / 1
Author: Robin Darwall-Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2022-05-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0192693085

This special edition of History of Universities, Volume XXXV/1, studies and reappraises the often ignored history of eighteenth-century Oxford, caught as it is between the upheavals of the Stuart century and the reformation of the Victorian era.

Medieval Ireland

Medieval Ireland
Author: Clare Downham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2017-12-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 110854794X

Medieval Ireland is often described as a backward-looking nation in which change only came about as a result of foreign invasions. By examining the wealth of under-explored evidence available, Downham challenges this popular notion and demonstrates what a culturally rich and diverse place medieval Ireland was. Starting in the fifth century, when St Patrick arrived on the island, and ending in the fifteenth century, with the efforts of the English government to defend the lands which it ruled directly around Dublin by building great ditches, this up-to-date and accessible survey charts the internal changes in the region. Chapters dispute the idea of an archaic society in a wide-range of areas, with a particular focus on land-use, economy, society, religion, politics and culture. This concise and accessible overview offers a fresh perspective on Ireland in the Middle Ages and overthrows many enduring stereotypes.

Reminiscences of Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777-1861)

Reminiscences of Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777-1861)
Author: Marianne-Caroline Hamilton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2010-03
Genre: Gentry
ISBN: 9780956082619

An intimate account of gentry life in Ireland at the close of the 18th century. Marianne-Caroline, who is probably best remembered as the painter of gently satirical scenes of contemporary life, informs us as to her birth, upbringing and early education, including artistic training.

Selections From Old Kerry Records

Selections From Old Kerry Records
Author: Mary Agnes Hickson
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2020-02-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9789354412967

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

The Pope's Children

The Pope's Children
Author: David McWilliams
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2011-01-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118045378

Named for the ironic coincidence of the Irish baby boom of the 1970s, which peaked nine months to the day after Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to Dublin, The Pope’s Children is both a celebration and bitingly funny portrait of the first generation of the Celtic Tiger—the beneficiaries of the economic miracle that propelled Ireland from centuries of deprivation into a nation that now enjoys one of the highest living standards in the world.

The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 1, 600–1550

The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 1, 600–1550
Author: Brendan Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2018-03-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108625258

The thousand years explored in this book witnessed developments in the history of Ireland that resonate to this day. Interspersing narrative with detailed analysis of key themes, the first volume in The Cambridge History of Ireland presents the latest thinking on key aspects of the medieval Irish experience. The contributors are leading experts in their fields, and present their original interpretations in a fresh and accessible manner. New perspectives are offered on the politics, artistic culture, religious beliefs and practices, social organisation and economic activity that prevailed on the island in these centuries. At each turn the question is asked: to what extent were these developments unique to Ireland? The openness of Ireland to outside influences, and its capacity to influence the world beyond its shores, are recurring themes. Underpinning the book is a comparative, outward-looking approach that sees Ireland as an integral but exceptional component of medieval Christian Europe.