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Author : James Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book That Damn'd Thing Called Honour written by James Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... undoubtedly the best book ever written on the subject. Bill Power, The Examiner
Author : James Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book That Damn'd Thing Called Honour written by James Kelly and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... undoubtedly the best book ever written on the subject. Bill Power, The Examiner
Author : F. Lane
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230273912
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Politics, Society and the Middle Class in Modern Ireland written by F. Lane and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-29 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of Irish society and politics, providing a wide-ranging introduction to the involvement of the middle classes in Irish political life and the public sphere accrosss the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Combines analytical surveys and case/area studies to offer new perspectives on crucial movements and figures in Irish history.
Author : Patrick M. Geoghegan
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0717151565
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (171 download)
Download or read book King Dan Daniel O'Connell 1775-1829 written by Patrick M. Geoghegan and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel O'Connell, often referred to as The Liberator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. One of the most remarkable historical figures in Irish history, he campaigned for Catholic Emancipation, including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland. Famous in his day as the most feared lawyer in Ireland, O'Connell tormented judges, terrorised opposing barristers, and won a reputation for saving the lives of so many men who would otherwise have been hanged. He became 'The Counsellor', the fearless defender of the people. He secured that reputation through his campaign for Catholic emancipation when he founded the first successful mass democratic movement in European history, and became 'The Liberator'.
Author : Carolyn Strange
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1472519485
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Honour, Violence and Emotions in History written by Carolyn Strange and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honour, Violence and Emotions in History is the first book to draw on emerging cross-disciplinary scholarship on the study of emotions to analyse the history of honour and violence across a broad range of cultures and regions. Written by leading cultural and social historians from around the world, the book considers how emotions - particularly shame, anger, disgust, jealousy, despair and fear - have been provoked and expressed through culturally-embedded and historically specific understandings of honour. The collection explores a range of contexts, from 17th-century China to 18th-century South Africa and 20th-century Europe, offering a broad and wide-ranging analysis of the interrelationships between honour, violence and emotions in history. This ground-breaking book will be of interest to all researchers studying the relationship between violence and the emotions.
Author : Roy Porter
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393322682
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (226 download)
Download or read book The Creation of the Modern World written by Roy Porter and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engagingly written new work highlights Britain's long-underestimated and pivotal role in disseminating the ideas and culture of the Enlightenment. Moving beyond the numerous histories centered on France and Germany, the acclaimed social historian Roy Porter explains how monumental changes in thinking in Britain influenced worldwide developments. Here is a "splendidly imaginative" work that "propels the debate forward ... and makes a valuable point" (New York Times Book Review).
Author : Patrick M. Geoghegan
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0717151573
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Liberator Daniel O'Connell written by Patrick M. Geoghegan and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to his critically acclaimed King Dan, Patrick Geoghegan examines the latter part of O'Connell's life and career. Daniel O'Connell, often referred to as The Liberator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. One of the most remarkable historical figures in Irish history, he campaigned for Catholic Emancipation, including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland.
Author : David Donachie
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493076124
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book A Shred of Honour written by David Donachie and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-08 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Patrick O’Brian’s adventure novels and C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower series, A Shred of Honour is an epic of eighteenth-century warfare that introduces Lieutenant George Markham of His Majesty’s Royal Marines. Irishman, papist, reputed coward: Markham is a man with something to prove. The death of his commander—killed by a lucky French musket ball to the throat—provides him with a chance to lead his men to glory. But it’s not that easy. Markham, a foot soldier by training, is no sailor, and he is suddenly left with a band of surly, disgruntled conscripts under his command. The salty marines aboard the frigate Hebe deride his ignorance and undermine his authority. The soldiers from Markham’s old regiment who have been transferred to the Hebe blame him for the fact that they now must spend their days crammed on a ship. Worse, as the winter of 1793 comes, Markham and his troublemaking men must face the expansive terror of Revolutionary France. The fighting takes Markham to the city of Toulon, where he makes the acquaintance of a French soldier named Napoleon Bonaparte. Acclaimed author David Donachie follows Markham through bloody battles, lively seductions, fights with superiors, and run-ins with French spies to offer a stirring tale of derring-do that heats the blood and fires the imagination.
Author : Martyn Beardsely
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1682994430
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (829 download)
Download or read book A Matter of Honour written by Martyn Beardsely and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New details on this story of honour - was Isabella Seton blameless or did she draw the rich Seton into a fatal romance?
Author : Jane Ashford
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402276826
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Man of Honour written by Jane Ashford and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Only Thing Worse Than a Forced Marriage...is Falling in Love When Eliot Crenshaw agreed to drive Laura Lindley to her aunts in London, he didn't expect to end up stranded, unchaperoned—and married. He doesn't believe in love, but he does know his duty. What he doesn't know is how to behave when his marriage of necessity unexpectedly turns into a love match. Laura Lindley's dreams of her first London season are smashed by a forced marriage to avoid a devastating scandal. But she finds herself devastated instead by her husband's cool and distant behavior. How can she possibly compete with Eliot's dazzling—and vengeful—mistress? Desperate to win his love, the young bride begins a rebellion that had all the ton agog—and her husband forgetting about honor and listening instead to his heart. Praise for The Marriage Wager: "Exceptional characters and beautifully crafted historical details ensure a delightful read for Judith McNaught and Mary Balogh Fans."—Publishers Weekly "Lively, well-written Regency romance sparkles with wonderful dialogue, witty scenes, and just the right tough of humor, adventure, and repartee."—RT Book Reviews
Author : Pieter Spierenburg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745658636
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)
Download or read book A History of Murder written by Pieter Spierenburg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a fascinating and insightful overview of seven centuries of murder in Europe. It tells the story of the changing face of violence and documents the long-term decline in the incidence of homicide. From medieval vendettas to stylised duels, from the crime passionel of the modern period right up to recent public anxieties about serial killings and underworld assassinations, the book offers a richly illustrated account of murder’s metamorphoses. In this original and compelling contribution, Spierenburg sheds new light on several important themes. He looks, for example, at the transformation of homicide from a private matter, followed by revenge or reconciliation, into a public crime, always subject to state intervention. Combining statistical data with a cultural approach, he demonstrates the crucial role gender played in the spiritualisation of male honour and the subsequent reduction of male-on-male aggression, as well as offering a comparative view of how different social classes practised and reacted to violence. This authoritative study will be of great value to students and scholars of the history of crime and violence, criminology and the sociology of violence. At a time when murder rates are rising and public fears about violent crime are escalating, this book will also interest the general reader intrigued by how our relationship with murder reached this point.
Author : Mary C. Sullivan
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813213958
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (139 download)
Download or read book The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841 written by Mary C. Sullivan and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841 is a new, fully documented edition of more than 320 surviving letters written by, to, or about McAuley during her lifetime. Drawn from archives worldwide and arranged chronologically, the letters are carefully transcribed and generously annotated. A general introduction and brief introductions to each section provide context. In her letters as well as in those of the other correspondents, one sees a delightfully human, affectionate woman; a compassionate, persistent servant of the poor and neglected; an astute businesswoman; and an unpretentious, humorous friend."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Jane Ohlmeyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108651054
Total Pages : 1349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Ireland: Volume 2, 1550–1730 written by Jane Ohlmeyer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 1349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers fresh perspectives on the political, military, religious, social, cultural, intellectual, economic, and environmental history of early modern Ireland and situates these discussions in global and comparative contexts. The opening chapters focus on 'Politics' and 'Religion and War' and offer a chronological narrative, informed by the re-interpretation of new archives. The remaining chapters are more thematic, with chapters on 'Society', 'Culture', and 'Economy and Environment', and often respond to wider methodologies and historiographical debates. Interdisciplinary cross-pollination - between, on the one hand, history and, on the other, disciplines like anthropology, archaeology, geography, computer science, literature and gender and environmental studies - informs many of the chapters. The volume offers a range of new departures by a generation of scholars who explain in a refreshing and accessible manner how and why people acted as they did in the transformative and tumultuous years between 1550 and 1730.
Author : David Hayton
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 1843837463
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book The Anglo-Irish Experience, 1680-1730 written by David Hayton and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Hayton examines the political culture of the Anglo-Irish ruling class, which had settled in Ireland in different ways over a long period and had differing degrees of attachment to England, and shows how its multi-faceted identity evolved.
Author : Jack P. Greene
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521114985
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Exclusionary Empire written by Jack P. Greene and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consisting of an introduction and ten chapters, Exclusionary Empire examines the transfer of English traditions of liberty and the rule of law overseas from 1600 to 1900. Each chapter is written by a noted specialist and focuses on a particular area of the settler empire - Colonial North America, the West Indies, Ireland, the early United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa - and on one non-settler colony, India. The book examines the ways in which the polities in each of these areas incorporated these traditions, paying particular attention to the extent to which these traditions were confined to the independent white male segments of society and denied to most others. This collection will be invaluable to all those interested in the history of colonialism, European expansion, the development of empire, the role of cultural inheritance in those histories, and the confinement of access to that inheritance to people of European descent.
Author : Barbara Hughes
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039118892
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Between Literature and History written by Barbara Hughes and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the diaries and memoirs of Mary Leadbeater and Dorothea Herbert, both of whom lived in Ireland. Working on the premise that their identities are literary constructions, the author investigates the cultural and existential impulses that motivate their creation.
Author : Stephen Banks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747812616
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (478 download)
Download or read book Duels and Duelling written by Stephen Banks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A duel could result from any challenge to a gentleman's honour, from minor insult to major accusation. At a prearranged time, two men at odds would meet, armed either with swords or pistols, to engage in a formal and sometimes fatal exchange. Gentlemen considered it their prerogative to fight, despite the illegality of duelling, and figures as prominent as the Duke of Wellington and Georges Clemenceau defended their honour in this way. Why did participants flout the law, what codes were followed, what were the changing roles of the seconds, and what were the consequences for victims and victors? Stephen Banks answers these questions and examines the evolution from Norman trials-by-combat to the formalised duel, analysing the custom's decline in England by Victorian times and its final disppearance from Europe by the twentieth century.
