Two Capitals
Two Capitals

Author: Peter Clark

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780197262474

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This is a comparative analysis of the two great cities, London and Dublin, and their rise between the 16th and early 19th centuries.

The Troubled Life of Richard Castle, Ireland’s Pre-Eminent Early Eighteenth-Century Architect
The Troubled Life of Richard Castle, Ireland’s Pre-Eminent Early Eighteenth-Century Architect

Author: Barbara Freitag

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2023-08-29

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1527528898

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Richard Castle is widely regarded as one of the most important architects in eighteenth-century Ireland, yet this is the first book devoted to both Castle’s personal history and his professional career. The study builds on a wealth of information concerning his background. It investigates Castle’s Dutch and Sephardic ancestors, his father’s position at the Polish court, the military career of his siblings in the Saxon/Polish army, his wife’s Huguenot family, and his kinship with English economist David Ricardo. Making use of extensive research data, the book refutes commonly held misconceptions about Castle’s name, family, nationality and religion. This book will be of interest to architectural historians, readers interested in Irish/European cultural studies, and researchers into the Jewish diaspora and into early modern Europe in general.

The Anglican Episcopate 1689-1800
The Anglican Episcopate 1689-1800

Author: Nigel Aston

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2023-03-15

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1786839784

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The eighteenth-century bishops of the Church of England and its sister communions had immense status and authority in both secular society and the Church. They fully merit fresh examination in the light of recent scholarship, and in this volume leading experts offer a comprehensive survey and assessment of all things episcopal between the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688 and the early nineteenth-century. These were centuries when the Anglican Church enjoyed exclusive establishment privileges across the British Isles (apart from Scotland). The essays collected here consider the appointment and promotion of bishops, as well as their duties towards the monarch and in Parliament. All were expected to display administrative skills, some were scholarly, others were interested in the fine arts, most were married with families. All of these themes are discussed, and Wales, Ireland, Scotland and the American colonies receive specific examination.