| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 238 pages .) |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Defining race -- Two problems in the history of Irish humanism and ethnicity -- English humanism against Gaelic Irish society -- Gaelic humanism against English Irish society -- Humanists and genealogists on nobility and the human body -- Irish doctors and theologians on heredity and the human soul -- Irish Enlightenment, human societies, and human bodies. |
| Summary |
This title 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 humanism. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Humanism -- Ireland -- History -- 17th century.
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Humanism. |
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Ireland. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online).
MaRLi UPSO 2014.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780719088360 0719088364 |
| ISBN |
1781706026 (electronic book) |
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9781781706022 (electronic book) |
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9781526102645 (electronic book) |
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1526102641 (electronic book) |
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9780719088360 (hardback) |
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0719088364 (hardback) |
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9781526102652 (e-book) |
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152610265X |
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