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Religion, landscape and settlement in Ireland : from Patrick to present / Kevin Whelan

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Dublin : Four Courts Press in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement, Copyright date: ©2018Description: xviii, 284 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781846827563
  • 1846827566
Other title:
  • Religion, landscape & settlement in Ireland
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Contents:
The early medieval and medieval church in Ireland -- The gaelic church -- The reformations protestant and catholic -- Death in the Irish landscape -- Vernacular religion and its landscape expression -- Irish protestantism from the reformation to partition -- The catholic revival -- Two cities, two religions: Belfast and Dublin -- Catholicism in the new state -- Conclusion: landscape and imagination
Summary: This highly engaging book traces the interplay among religion, landscape and settlement patterns over a very long time period. It is illustrated with many fresh images and new maps, draws on a wide array of diverse evidence in multiple languages, and uses examples drawn from every county on the island.
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General General ATU Mayo General Shelves Check catalogue for eBook edition 282.415 WHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J168370
General General ATU Mayo General Shelves Check catalogue for eBook edition 282.415 WHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J168060

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-268) and index

The early medieval and medieval church in Ireland -- The gaelic church -- The reformations protestant and catholic -- Death in the Irish landscape -- Vernacular religion and its landscape expression -- Irish protestantism from the reformation to partition -- The catholic revival -- Two cities, two religions: Belfast and Dublin -- Catholicism in the new state -- Conclusion: landscape and imagination

This highly engaging book traces the interplay among religion, landscape and settlement patterns over a very long time period. It is illustrated with many fresh images and new maps, draws on a wide array of diverse evidence in multiple languages, and uses examples drawn from every county on the island.

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