Historical Studies, Volume 21Colm Lennon, Jacqueline R. Hill Vol. 1- includes papers before the 1st-2d conferences, 1955-56. |
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... begging . Able - bodied men regarded the practice as particularly shameful and rarely begged . They seemed more ... begging . James Rattigan , an able - bodied beggar from County Roscommon , observed : ' It is better for me to keep out ...
... begging . Able - bodied men regarded the practice as particularly shameful and rarely begged . They seemed more ... begging . James Rattigan , an able - bodied beggar from County Roscommon , observed : ' It is better for me to keep out ...
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... begging . Mendicancy was a public nuisance . It impinged on the citizen's freedom of movement , interfered with trade and commerce and threatened the security of the wealthier classes . Like their social inferiors , the better - off ...
... begging . Mendicancy was a public nuisance . It impinged on the citizen's freedom of movement , interfered with trade and commerce and threatened the security of the wealthier classes . Like their social inferiors , the better - off ...
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... begging the whole summer long until harvest time . Seasonal begging proved so lucrative that servants and day labourers abandoned their regular employment , claiming that they could earn more by begging than by working . Many ...
... begging the whole summer long until harvest time . Seasonal begging proved so lucrative that servants and day labourers abandoned their regular employment , claiming that they could earn more by begging than by working . Many ...
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The idea of monastic austerity in early Ireland | 14 |
Concepts of generosity in early modern England | 30 |
Dives and Lazarus in sixteenthcentury Ireland | 46 |
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