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Emerging Ireland: Antiquarian Writing And The Molding Of Irish Catholic Identity In The 18th Century, Patrick Gibbons
Emerging Ireland: Antiquarian Writing And The Molding Of Irish Catholic Identity In The 18th Century, Patrick Gibbons
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
The 18th century was a period of great activity in the field of historical and antiquarian scholarship in Ireland, as Catholics and Protestants wrote accounts of the island’s early history which were equally concerned with the present state of affairs in Ireland. Previous scholarship has focused on the political nature of antiquarian writing by Irish Catholics as responses to competing Protestant narratives, but their role as a means of both reconstructing and reaffirming previous identities among Irish Catholics has been overlooked. Examining the writings of Charles O’Conor of Belanagare, James MacGeoghegan, and Sylvester O’Halloran, the three Irish Catholic antiquarians …
Victorian Representations Of Mary, Queen Of Scots And Elizabeth I, Grace K. Butkowski
Victorian Representations Of Mary, Queen Of Scots And Elizabeth I, Grace K. Butkowski
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
The rivalry of Mary, Queen of Scots and her English cousin Elizabeth I is a storied one that has consumed both popular and historical imaginations since the two queens reigned in the sixteenth century. It is often portrayed as a tale of contrasts: on one end, Gloriana with her fabled red hair and virginity, the bastion of British culture and Protestant values, valiantly defending England against the schemes of the Spanish and their Armada. On the other side is Mary, Queen of Scots, the enchanting and seductive French-raised Catholic, whose series of tragic, murderous marriages gave birth to both the …
Sweet Tea: The British Working Class, Food Controls, And The First World War, Nicholas P. Benson
Sweet Tea: The British Working Class, Food Controls, And The First World War, Nicholas P. Benson
Honors Theses, 1963-2015
At the onset of the Great War in 1914, Britain was already existing in a precarious economic situation as the state most dependent on foreign goods and trade, a role which was exacerbated by their unique economic and political history which had resulted in the rapid expansion of industry without any interference or protections of the workers by the government. The working class comprised over 80% of the population of Britain, the vast majority of whom were suffering the destitution and poverty brought on by the unrestricted industrialization that had begun over a century earlier. The beginnings of the Great …