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

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This title 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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Campbell, Ian (Author)
Corporate Author: UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Humanism > Ireland > History > 17th century.
Humanisme > Irlande > Histoire > 17e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Humanism.
Ireland.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Defining race
  • Two problems in the history of Irish humanism and ethnicity
  • English humanism against Gaelic Irish society
  • Gaelic humanism against English Irish society
  • Humanists and genealogists on nobility and the human body
  • Irish doctors and theologians on heredity and the human soul
  • Irish Enlightenment, human societies, and human bodies.

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