This volume explores economic, social, and political dimensions of three catastrophic famines which struck mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Europe; the Irish Famine (An Gorta Mór) of 1845-1850, the Finnish Famine (Suuret Nälkävuodet) of the 1860s and the Ukrainian Fami…
Studies in Irish hagiography: saints and scholars
"This work illustrates something of the formidable and culturally constitutive force of preaching. It also examines ways in which it impinged on the production of vernacular literature and ultimately reveals the wide-spread influence of sermon discourse on contingent forms of cu…
Colonial identity in the Atlantic world, 1500-1800
"This book explores the impact of the Lesson Books of the National Board of Education in Ireland in the nineteenth century. The author contextualizes the books used in national schools as well as across the wider British Empire: in doing so, he highlights the influence of the re…
