Ireland social, political, and religious / Gustave de Beaumont; edited and translated by W.C. Taylor; with an introduction by Tom Garvin and Andreas Hess
Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked half cloth over paper-covered boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: ex-library copy. Item #337510
ISBN: 0674021657
Physical description: xv, 419 pages: illustrations, map. Notes: Translated from the French. Contents: First epoch: from 1169 to 1535 -- Second epoch: from 1535 to 1690 -- Ch. I. Religious wars -- Third epoch: from 1688 to 1755 -- Ch. I. Legal persecution -- Ch. II. The penal laws -- Fourth epoch: from 1776 to 1829 -- Ch. I. Effects of American independence on Ireland -- Ch. II. The French revolution -- its effects in Ireland -- Ch. III. Catholic emancipation in 1829 -- Part I -- Ch. I. External appearance in Ireland: misery of its inhabitants -- Ch. II. A bad aristocracy is the primary cause of all the evils of Ireland: the faults of this aristocracy are, that it is English and Protestant -- Ch. III. Tithes -- Ch. IV. The north of Ireland -- Ch. V. Irish character -- Ch. VI. Illusions of the Irish aristocracy -- Part II (annexed to part I in the translation) -- Ch. VII. How Ireland tends to democracy -- Part III -- Ch. I. The three principle remedies that have been proposed for the evils of Ireland -- Ch. II. Remedies proposed by the author -- the civil, political, and religious privileges of the aristocracy must be abolished -- Ch. III. It would be an evil to substitute a Catholic aristocracy for the Protestant aristocracy -- Ch. IV. How the Irish aristocracy should be abolished -- Part IV -- Ch. I. What will England do? -- Ch. II. Relations of English parties to Ireland -- Ch. III. General survey of the state of Ireland -- Preface, 1863: a report on the present state of Ireland (1862-1863). Subjects: History Europe General. Economic history. Politics and government. Regions & Countries - Europe. History & Archaeology. General European History. Ireland Description and travel. Ireland Politics and government 1837-1901. Ireland Economic conditions 19th century Sources. Ireland Social conditions 19th century Sources. Ireland Church history 19th century Sources Ireland Description and travel. Ireland Politics and government 1837-1901. Genre: Illustrated.
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