Reading Ireland

Reading IrelandAuthor: Raymond Gillespie ISBN: 9780719087820 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 30 May 2012 Pages: 232 Format: Paperback softback This fascinating and innovative study explores the lives of people living in early modern Ireland through the books and printed ephemera which they bought, borrowed or stole from others. While the importance of books and printing in influencing the outlook of early modern people is well known,

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