Author: Narcissus Marsh
Publisher: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
ISBN: 9781859183380
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713) was an English clergyman who spent his later life in Ireland, initially as Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and ultimately as Archbishop of Armagh. Despised by Jonathan Swift for his pietism and timidity, his achievements as churchman and scholar were impressive. Marsh's recollections, begun in 1690 and continued in diary form up to 1696, are by no means the pious platitudes of a conventional seventeenth-century clergyman. With sometimes startling candour, he recounts dreams and anecdotes revealing his struggle against worldly temptations, his resolute rejection of prospective wives, and his preoccupation with science, music, and the defence of learning in the anarchic context of Williamite revolution. The religious and political contexts are meticulously reconstructed in the editor's introduction. Transcribed from an early manuscript copy and supplemented by correspondence and contemporary assessments, Marsh's recollections illuminate a lost spiritual world. Their publication marks the tercentenary of the famous Dublin library which bears his name.
Author: Mirjam M. Foot
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351891766
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Among the many books in original bindings in Marsh's Library, Dublin, a surprisingly large number are in decorated blind- or gold-tooled, calf, pigskin or goatskin bindings, which date from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The bindings come from all over Europe, ranging from Ireland to eastern Europe. While most were made in England, some fine and interesting examples from Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Holland are also included. In this volume, leading scholar Mirjam Foot first gives an overview of how books were bound by hand and then describes the bindings by country of origin, within each section treating them chronologically and by type of decoration. The detailed descriptions of the bindings are illustrated with 52 black and white photos and 8 colour plates.
Author: Bernhard Fabian
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag
ISBN: 9783487417707
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Author: Muriel McCarthy
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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This volume of essays commemorates the founding of the library (1701) by examining the world into which it was born. Contributions bring together a range of perspectives on Irish society, ranging from architecture to science to political and religious cultures.
Author: Anne Dunan-Page
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351145541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Recent years have witnessed a revival of interest in the history of the Huguenots, and new research has increased our understanding of their role in shaping the early-modern world. Yet while much has been written about the Huguenots during the sixteenth-century wars of religion, much less is known about their history in the following centuries. The ten essays in this collection provide the first broad overview of Huguenot religious culture from the Restoration of Charles II to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Dealing primarily with the experiences of Huguenots in England and Ireland, the volume explores issues of conformity and nonconformity, the perceptions of 'refuge', and Huguenot attitudes towards education, social reform and religious tolerance. Taken together they offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of Huguenot religious identity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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ISBN: 9781906865757
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: A.P. Coudert
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401146330
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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MURIEL MCCARTHY This volume originated from a seminar organised by Richard H. Popkin in Marsh's Library on July 7-8, 1994. It was one of the most stimulating events held in the Library in recent years. Although we have hosted many special seminars on such subjects as rare books, the Huguenots, and Irish church history, this was the first time that a seminar was held which was specifically related to the books in our own collection. It seems surprising that this type of seminar has never been held before although the reason is obvious. Since there is no printed catalogue of the Library scholars are not aware of its contents. In fact the collection of books by late seventeenth and early eighteenth century European authors on, for example, such subjects as biblical criticism, political and religious controversy, is one of the richest parts of the Library's collections. Some years ago we were informed that of the 25,000 books in Marsh's at least 5,000 English books or books printed in England were printed between 1640 and 1700.
Author: Robert Plot
Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Author: Matthew Ward
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198904126
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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Thomas Hobbes is now regarded as one of England's greatest political philosophers. This book considers his reception in Ireland, where, it is suggested, the 'Leviathan' was released. In doing so, the book demonstrates the variety and sophistication of political thought in Ireland.
Author: John Merbecke
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Category : Anglican chants
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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