Sonnelitter Charity Movements in Eighteenth-Century Ireland

Philanthropy and Improvement
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78204-674-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 16, 218 Seiten

Reihe: Irish Historical Monographs

Relates charity movements to religious impulse, Enlightenment 'improvement' and the fears of the Protestant ruling elite that growing social problems, unless addressed, would weaken their rule.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sonnelitter, Karen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Ireland in the Eighteenth Century: The Case for Improvement
'The Worst in Christendom': The Church of Ireland and Improvement
Education and Charity: The Incorporated Society for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland
To Cure and Relieve: Voluntary Hospitals in Eighteenth-Century Dublin
Improvement as Philanthropy: The Dublin Society
'The Benevolent Sympathies of the Female Heart': Women, Improvement, and the Work of the Lady Arbella Denny
National and Local Government and Improvement
Conclusion: Philanthropy and Improvement in the Eighteenth-Century and Beyond