Luxury and AusterityColm Lennon, Jacqueline R. Hill This collection of essays begins with an examination of the changing theories of luxury and austerity since classical times and other papers apply the theme to the history of Ireland and Britain. These papers were read before the 23rd Irish Conference of Historians in Maynooth, 1997. |
Contents
Concepts of generosity in early modern England | 30 |
Dives and Lazarus in sixteenthcentury Ireland | 46 |
Public and private uses of wealth in Ireland c 16601760 | 66 |
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Céli Dé in Ireland: Monastic Writing and Identity in the Early Middle Ages Westley Follett No preview available - 2006 |