The Popular Mind in Eighteenth-Century Ireland

This book is a study of the Irish popular mind between the late-seventeenth and the early-nineteenth century. It examines the collective assumptions, aspirations, fears, resentments and prejudices of the common people as they are revealed in the vernacular literature of the period. The topics investigated include: politics, religion, historical memory, European conflicts, Anglo-Irish patriotism, agrarian agitation, the tumultuous decade of the 1790s, and the rise of Daniel O'Connell.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: 05/01/2018
ISBN: 9781782052517
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.28w x 1.06d