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Author McCabe, Ciarán, author.

Title Begging, charity and religion in pre-famine Ireland / Ciarán McCabe.

Publication Info. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2018.
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Reappraisals in Irish history ; 13
Reappraisals in Irish history ; 13.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-289) and indexes.
Summary Beggars and begging were ubiquitous features of pre-Famine Irish society, yet have gone largely unexamined by historians. This book explores at length for the first time the complex cultures of mendicancy, as well as how wider societal perceptions of and responses to begging were framed by social class, gender and religion. The study breaks new ground in exploring the challenges inherent in defining and measuring begging and alms-giving in pre-Famine Ireland, as well as the disparate ways in which mendicants were perceived by contemporaries. A discussion of the evolving role of parish vestries in the life of pre-Famine communities facilitates an examination of corporate responses to beggary, while a comprehensive analysis of the mendicity society movement, which flourished throughout Ireland in the three decades following 1815, highlights the significance of charitable societies and associational culture in responding to the perceived threat of mendicancy. The instance of the mendicity societies illustrates the extent to which Irish commentators and social reformers were influenced by prevailing theories and practices in the transatlantic world regarding the management of the poor and deviant. Drawing on a wide range of sources previously unused for the study of poverty and welfare, this book makes an important contribution to modern Irish social and ecclesiastical history.
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Subject Begging -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Begging -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Begging -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Begging.
Ireland.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Charities -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Charities.
Charity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Charity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Famines -- Ireland.
Famines.
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
Ireland -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Social conditions.
Famine in Ireland (Ireland : 1845-1852)
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: McCabe, Ciarán. Begging, charity and religion in pre-famine Ireland. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2018 1786941570 (OCoLC)1033536407
ISBN 1786941570 (electronic book)
1786949539 (electronic book)
9781786941572 (electronic book)
9781786949530 (electronic book)
1786941570