Studies in Irish History: Presented to R.Dudley Edwards

Studies in Irish History: Presented to R. Dudley Edwards

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Oversized hardcover, [x] + 353 pages. Ex-college library, marked "withdrawn": a faded external stamp on upper and lower page edges & number on lower spine, internal library markings on endpapers and prelims. Interior shows little wear. Endpapers are gentle age-toned, text pages are untanned, clean throughout, with unmarked text and firm binding. Sturdy red boards with small areas of surface-damage, a superficial sticker damage (looks like a removed label), some gentle fading. No dust jacket. -- Contents: Hiberniores Ipsis Hibernis / Art Cosgrove; 'Manus the Magnificent': O'Donnell as Renaissance Prince / Brendan Bradshaw; Confusion Abounding: Bernard O'Higgin, O.S.A., Bishop of Elphin / F.X. Martin; The Social and Cultural Background of a Counter-Reformation Episcopate, 1618-60 / Donal Cregan; Rural Society in Post-Cromwellian Ireland / Margaret MacCurtain; The Church of Ireland and the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 / J.I. McGuire; The Development of the National School System, 1831-40 / Mary Daly; Fr. Mathew: Apostle of Modernisation / H.F. Kearney; Gallicanism at Maynooth: Archbishop Cullen and the Royal Visitation of 1853 / P.J. Corish; National Politics and Local Realities in Mid-Nineteenth Century Ireland / K. Theodore Hoppen; Charles Bradlaugh and the Irish Question: A Study in the Nature and Limits of British Radicalism, 1853-91 / Fergus D'Arcy; Gladstone, Irish Violence and Conciliation / E.D. Steele; The Irish Policy of Asquith's Government and the Cabinet Crisis of 1910 / Ronan Fanning; De Valera's Mission to the United States, 1919-20 / Donal McCartney; Aspects of Corporatist Thought in Ireland: The Commission of Vocational Organisation, 1939-43 / Joseph Lee; The Historical Writings of Professor R.D. Edwards / Clara Cullen -- This volume, compiled upon Edwards' retirement, spans Irish history from the late medieval period through the mid-20th century. A major strength of the collection is its engagement with the interaction between local and external forces - political, religious, intellectual - shaping Irish life across centuries and regions. Essays such as Donal Cregan's prosopographical study of Counter-Reformation bishops highlight the complex role of continental education and elite networks in rural Irish diocesan reform, laying groundwork for rethinking religious influence beyond simplistic national frameworks. Mary Daly's nuanced treatment of national education policy (1831-40) draws attention to the structural continuity between pre-national and national schooling, showing how state involvement often reinforced rather than disrupted clerical dominance and how local funding patterns adapted under state schemes. In tandem, Hugh Kearney's analysis of Father Mathew's temperance movement and Joseph Lee's dissection of mid-20th-century corporatism trace shifting reform strategies within Catholic social action - revealing both historical continuity and evolving inspiration sources drawn from transnational and domestic currents. The volume is also notable for its comparative analyses of British political responses to Irish demands, with essays showing how shifting imperial priorities and political contingencies shaped the boundaries of permissible reform over time. Moreover, Theodore Hoppen's examination of mid-19th-century urban politics anchors nationalist sentiment in local contexts, offering critical insights into the sociology of political mobilisation and voter behaviour. Despite omitting the 18th century, the essays maintain an internal coherence, collectively interrogating the circulation of power, authority, and identity in Ireland's contested past. Through extensive use of primary materials - often drawn from underexplored archives - this collection continues to serve as a valuable foundation for both revisiting established narratives and formulating new research questions in modern Irish historiography. Nº de ref. del artículo: 011309

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