Born in Antrim of Scottish Presbyterian parents, William King (1650–1729) rose, following his conversion to Anglicanism, to become one of the principal ecclesia…
This fourth volume in a series focusing on 19th-century Ireland provides multi-disciplinary, as well as interdisciplinary, observations on how the concept of 'r…
The book provides a chronology of political developments in Ireland from the late 1740s to the late 1760s with an emphasis on the Irish parliament, its manageme…
This book investigates the socio-economic, ecclesiastical and cultural world of Garret Mor and Garret Oge Fitzgerald, 8th and 9th earls of Kildare. A profile of…
The Calendar of Ancient Records of Dublin was edited by Sir John Thomas Gilbert and by Lady Gilbert and was published by Dublin Corporation in 19 volumes betwee…
Text and Gloss casts a wide net across the study and creation of texts and the appropriation and application of Mediterranean culture in Anglo-Saxon England and…
In recent years there has been growing interest in the contrasts and parallels between the development of Ireland and that of its closest neighbours: England, S…
The fourth book in this series on Irish Protestant dissent studies aspects of preaching and teaching. Professor David Hall sets the theme in the wider context o…
they shall grown no old, as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun and in the morning we wil…
This collection of essays by a renowned scholar in this field focuses on one of the most important thinkers of the medieval, or indeed any, age. With essays on…
With the dramatic increase in trade witnessed in Belfast during the seventeenth century, large numbers of Scottish families were attracted by the town's economi…