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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 -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction: defining race
1. Two problems in the history of Irish humanism and ethnicity
2. English humanism against Gaelic Irish society
3. Gaelic humanism against English Irish society
4. Humanists and genealogists on nobility and the human body
5. Irish Doctors and theologians on heredity and the human soul
6. Irish Enlightenment, human societies, and human bodies
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Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/11/2013
      ISBN13: 9780719088360, 978-0719088360
      ISBN10: 719088364

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: defining race
      1. Two problems in the history of Irish humanism and ethnicity
      2. English humanism against Gaelic Irish society
      3. Gaelic humanism against English Irish society
      4. Humanists and genealogists on nobility and the human body
      5. Irish Doctors and theologians on heredity and the human soul
      6. Irish Enlightenment, human societies, and human bodies
      Select bibliography
      Index

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