Golden Ages and Barbarous Nations: Antiquarian Debate and Cultural Politics in Ireland, C.1750-1800

by Clare O'Halloran

It is often said that all history writing is political. This book, the first major study of Irish antiquarian and historical writing during the turbulent second half of the eighteenth century, demonstrates the truth of this maxim. It charts the ways in which contemporary politics, notably the Catholic question, legislative independence and the gathering agrarian and political crises from the late 1780s, shaped articulations of the remote and recent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268037213
• ISBN13: 9780268037215
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.2"