Renaissance Humanism and Ethnicity Before Race - The Irish and the English in the Seventeenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Ian Campbell is a postdoctoral fellow in the Centre for Neo-Latin Studies, University College Cork Klappentext Examines how the elite in early modern Ireland spoke about human societies and human bodies, and demonstrates that this elite discourse was grounded in a commitment to the languages and sciences of Renaissance HumanismExamines how the elite in early modern Ireland spoke about human societies and human bodies, and demonstrates that this elite discourse was grounded in a commitment to the languages and sciences of Renaissance Humanism -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: defining race1. Two problems in the history of Irish humanism and ethnicity2. English humanism against Gaelic Irish society 3. Gaelic humanism against English Irish society 4. Humanists and genealogists on nobility and the human body5. Irish Doctors and theologians on heredity and the human soul6. Irish Enlightenment, human societies, and human bodiesSelect bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Ian Campbell, Ian Campbell
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2013
• EAN: 9780719088360
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8836-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Irland, England, 17. Jahrhundert (1600 bis 1699 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Ethnic Studies