Historical Studies, Volume 21Colm Lennon, Jacqueline R. Hill Vol. 1- includes papers before the 1st-2d conferences, 1955-56. |
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Page 138
... charity was officially encouraged and soup kitchens were opened in many towns . Government funds were held back until the autumn of 1800 when they were used clandestinely to buttress flagging charities . Only in the following spring did ...
... charity was officially encouraged and soup kitchens were opened in many towns . Government funds were held back until the autumn of 1800 when they were used clandestinely to buttress flagging charities . Only in the following spring did ...
Page 145
... charity ran out . The full extent of landlords ' contributions can never be quantified . Landlords on the eve of the famine were estimated to have been in receipt of twelve million pounds in rent annually.49 A contribution of approx ...
... charity ran out . The full extent of landlords ' contributions can never be quantified . Landlords on the eve of the famine were estimated to have been in receipt of twelve million pounds in rent annually.49 A contribution of approx ...
Page 233
... charities critical of state response , 151 , 152 and great famine , 137-55 , 145-6 charities bill , 147 charity , 137 , 138 , see also generosity 1660-1760 , 66–79 attitudes to , 47 and beggars , 124 , 125-6 and Christianity , 30–1 ...
... charities critical of state response , 151 , 152 and great famine , 137-55 , 145-6 charities bill , 147 charity , 137 , 138 , see also generosity 1660-1760 , 66–79 attitudes to , 47 and beggars , 124 , 125-6 and Christianity , 30–1 ...
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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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