Renaissance humanism and ethnicity before race : the Irish and the English in the seventeenth century / Ian Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanism--Ireland--History--17th century.

Humanism.

Ireland.

Ireland--Intellectual life--17th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 238 pages) : digital files(s).

Distribution:

Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

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

Contents:

RENAISSANCE HUMANISM AND ETHNICITY BEFORE RACE: The Irish and the English in the seventeenth century; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on conventions; Introduction: Defining race; 1. Two problems in the history of Irish humanism and ethnicity; 2. English humanism against Gaelic Irish society; 3. Gaelic humanism against English Irish society; 4. Humanists and genealogists on nobility and the human body; 5. Irish doctors and theologians on heredity and the human soul; 6. Irish Enlightenment, human societies, and human bodies; Select bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781526102652

152610265X

9781526102645

1526102641

9781781706022

1781706026

OCLC:

1063774322