The Irish Confederates
The Irish Confederates

Author: Henry M. Field

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-08

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780364136201

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Excerpt from The Irish Confederates: And the Rebellion of 1798 Difference of Religion - Why the Reformation did not spread in Ireland as it did in Scotland - Henry VIII. Introduces it as a Matter of Policy. - Sends over Preachers ignorant and immoral. - The Catholics persecuted.-penal Laws against them. Priest-hunting, as among the Scotch Covenanters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The New York Irish
The New York Irish

Author: Ronald H. Bayor

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1997-09-30

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 9780801857645

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As one of the country's oldest ethnic groups, the Irish have played a vital part in its history. New York has been both port of entry and home to the Irish for three centuries. This joint project of the Irish Institute and the New York Irish History Roundtable offers a fresh perspective on an immigrant people's encounter with the famed metropolis. 37 illustrations.

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

Author: James Gregory

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-11-04

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 135014259X

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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.