''A Nation of Beggars''? - Priests, People, and Politics in Famine Ireland, 1846-1852

Zusatztext 'Its strengths lie in its solid scholasticism and its author'senviable and incisive grasp of rich primary sources' Zusammenfassung An account of the role of the Irish Catholic church in the famine of 1846 and its immediate aftermath. Kerr documents the rise of sectarian tension and the decline in relations between the Irish Catholic church and the government.

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• Authors: Donal A. Kerr, Donal A. (Professor of Ecclesiastical Histor Kerr, Donal A. (Professor of Ecclesiastical History Kerr, Kerr Donal A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1998
• EAN: 9780198207375
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820737-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, c 1800 to c 1900, Ireland, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, 1845 to c 1852 (period of the Great Irish Famine)