This book brings to life the cross-currents of European Renaissance culture in Ireland, primarily outside the Pale. Essays focus on institutions such as Peter Whites grammar school in Kilkenny; monuments, including the funeral art of Kilkenny and Lord Deputy Sir Henry Sidneys decorated stone bridge at Athlone; buildings such as the fortified houses of LaoisOffaly, the decorated Butler mansion at Carrick-on-Suir, and Sir Walter Raleighs house in Youghal; maps, including the sinister colonial cartography of Richard Bartlett; ...
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This book brings to life the cross-currents of European Renaissance culture in Ireland, primarily outside the Pale. Essays focus on institutions such as Peter Whites grammar school in Kilkenny; monuments, including the funeral art of Kilkenny and Lord Deputy Sir Henry Sidneys decorated stone bridge at Athlone; buildings such as the fortified houses of LaoisOffaly, the decorated Butler mansion at Carrick-on-Suir, and Sir Walter Raleighs house in Youghal; maps, including the sinister colonial cartography of Richard Bartlett; texts such as Counter-Reformation polemic and nationalist historiography, womens writing from the 1641 rebellion, and the published Dublin celebrations of King Charles IIs Restoration.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1000grams, ISBN: 9781851829880.
