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"A Nation of Beggars"?: Priests, People, and Politics in Famine Ireland, 1846-1852
by Donal A. Kerr
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (1994-12-29)
ISBN: 0198200501
EAN: 9780198200505
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 384 pages
SKU: 09040057
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Hardback in very good condition with no markings. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor shelf wear. Tight binding and clear crisp text. Very nice book.Hardback in very good condition with no markings. Dust jacket in like new condition with minor shelf wear. Tight binding and clear crisp text. Very nice book.
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Product Description
This is the first full account of the role of the Irish Catholic Church in the Great Famine of 1846 and its aftermath. Kerr shows how the Famine and consequent evictions led to rural violence and assassination and how these years also saw an increase in religious tensions as Protestant Evangelicals made an all-out effort to Protestantize Ireland. His incisive analysis charts the souring of relations between church and state and the destruction of Lord John Russell's dream of bringing a golden age to Ireland.
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