Memoirs of Joseph Holt, General of the Irish Rebels in 1798, Ed. by T.C. Croker
Memoirs of Joseph Holt, General of the Irish Rebels in 1798, Ed. by T.C. Croker

Author: Joseph Holt

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019974278

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Joseph Holt was one of the key figures in the Irish rebellion of 1798, serving as a general in the rebel army. After the rebellion was suppressed, he went into hiding and became a fugitive from the law. This book is his memoir, written many years later with the help of T.C. Croker. It offers a fascinating insight into the politics and society of Ireland during a tumultuous period of history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960
Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960

Author: James Gregory

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-11-04

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1350142603

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Spanning over 2 centuries, James Gregory's Mercy and British Culture, 1760 -1960 provides a wide-reaching yet detailed overview of the concept of mercy in British cultural history. While there are many histories of justice and punishment, mercy has been a neglected element despite recognition as an important feature of the 18th-century criminal code. Mercy and British Culture, 1760-1960 looks first at mercy's religious and philosophical aspects, its cultural representations and its embodiment. It then looks at large-scale mobilisation of mercy discourses in Ireland, during the French Revolution, in the British empire, and in warfare from the American war of independence to the First World War. This study concludes by examining mercy's place in a twentieth century shaped by total war, atomic bomb, and decolonisation.