Priests and people in pre-famine Ireland, 1780-1845
1982, First Edition. Dublin : Gill and Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press. Fine cloth copy in a very good, if somewhat sun-toned dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476092
ISBN: 0312644116
Physical description; 338 pages : map ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-329) and index. Contents; Pre-famine Ireland : religion and society – The Catholic Church : 1. The laity ; 2. The clergy ; 3. Abuses and reform – Popular and official religion : 1. Belief ; 2. Education ; 3. Practice ; 4. The non-Christian supernatural ; 5. The machinery of discipline – Wakes and patterns : 1. 'Unbecoming, disorderly and irreligious assemblages' ; 2. Wakes and keening ; 3. 'The tribute of idleness' – Marriage and sexual behaviour : 1. Sexual morality : clerical attitudes and policies ; 2. Sexual behaviour : popular attitudes and practice ; 3. The regulation of marriage ; 4. Conclusion – 'Vile and wicked conspiracies' : 1. Doctrines of subordination ; 2. Policing the countryside ; 3. Anticlerical agitation ; 4. Conclusion – Priests, Church and people - pre-famine and post-famine – Appendices : A. The social structure of rural Ireland ; B. Statistics of religious affiliation in Ireland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries ; C. The number of Catholic priests, 1731-1871. Subjects; Catholic Church – Ireland – History – 18th-19th centuries. Clergy – Ireland – History – 18th-19th centuries. Ireland – Religious life and customs – 18th-19th centuries. Ireland – Social conditions – 18th-19th centuries. Ireland – History – 18th-19th centuries. Pre-famine Ireland.
Price: €45.00