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The intellectual world of the country house in Ireland and Britain
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ISBN: 9781801511360 1801511365 Year: 2024 Publisher: [Dublin] Four Courts Press

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Country houses may be triumphs of architecture, fine and decorative art, and landscape design, but they are also about the history and transmission of ideas. In varying degrees their occupants thought, conversed, read, and responded to their milieu through books, newspapers, and other media. Their libraries and archives provide an invaluable record of how people in country houses fashioned themselves and their views of the world. The essays in this volume examine reading habits, book collections and practical applications of thinking to demonstrate how elite society exchanged ideas, absorbed new trends, and engaged in wider debate.

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Visitors to the Country House in Ireland and Britain : Welcome and Unwelcome
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ISBN: 9781801510271 180151027X Year: 2023 Publisher: Dublin Four Courts Press

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Country homes --- History


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Women and the country house in Ireland and Britain
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ISBN: 1846827493 9781846827495 9781846826474 Year: 2018 Publisher: Dublin Four Courts Press

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In recent years, the role of women in country houses and estates across Ireland and the UK has been the focus of greater attention. Chatelaines, mothers, wives, daughters, widows, sisters, housekeepers, and maids were ever-present figures in the microcosm of the country house. New research has begun to reveal the extent of their involvement in managing households and estates, influencing design, adopting public roles, championing good causes, as well as raising families and committing their thoughts to paper in literary expression. This volume of essays, many of which draw on hitherto unseen family archives, will bring new perspectives to our understanding of the country house as a place where many women often held powerful roles.

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Women --- History

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