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Reading Ireland: Print, Reading and Social Change in Early Modern Ireland (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain)
Reading Ireland Print Reading and Social Change in Early Modern Ireland - Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain Author:Raymond Gillespie 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 un... more »derstanding of how writing and print shaped lives, and was in turn shaped by those who appropriated the written word.« less