03253nam 2200757 a 450 991046231010332120200520144314.01-84779-432-7(CKB)2670000000276891(EBL)1069674(OCoLC)818847451(SSID)ssj0000758471(PQKBManifestationID)12269598(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758471(PQKBWorkID)10780751(PQKB)10286336(MiAaPQ)EBC1069674(MiAaPQ)EBC4083800(OCoLC)957516165(MdBmJHUP)muse77863(OCoLC)1132220251(Au-PeEL)EBL1069674(CaPaEBR)ebr10627276(CaONFJC)MIL843508(EXLCZ)99267000000027689120050914d2005 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading Ireland[electronic resource] print, reading, and social change in early modern Ireland /Raymond GillespieManchester Manchester University Press ;New York Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave20051 online resource (232 p.)Politics, culture, and society in early modern BritainDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-8782-1 0-7190-5527-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The conditions of print -- The development of print -- The strategies of reading.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, recent years have seen significant changes in our understanding of how writing and print shaped lives, and was in turn shaped by those who appropriated the written word. This book draws on this literature to shed light on the changes that took place in this unusual European society. The author finds thatPolitics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.Books and readingIrelandHistory16th centuryBooks and readingIrelandHistory17th centuryPrintingIrelandHistory16th centuryPrintingIrelandHistory17th centurySocial changeIrelandHistory16th centurySocial changeIrelandHistory17th centuryIrelandSocial conditions16th centuryIrelandSocial conditions17th centuryElectronic books.Books and readingHistoryBooks and readingHistoryPrintingHistoryPrintingHistorySocial changeHistorySocial changeHistory306.420941509031Gillespie Raymond854511MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462310103321Reading Ireland2450365UNINA