The Historian as Detective

Preaching in Belfast, 1747–72

A selection of the sermons of James Saurin

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In 1747 James Saurin, a descendant of a prominent Huguenot family, was appointed as vicar of Belfast. One of his first acts was to write a series...
Author/Editor: Raymond Gillespie & Roibeard Ó Gallachóir, editors

Representing Belfast's pasts

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From port to commercial centre, and from textile town to centre of shipbuilding, Belfast has adapted, chameleon-like, to changing circumstances. Each of these changes has resulted in a...
Author/Editor: Raymond Gillespie & Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, editors

The medieval manuscripts of Christ Church Cathedral

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This book studies one of the most remarkable collections of medieval manuscripts in Ireland. In the popular mind the medieval manuscripts of Ireland were all destroyed in...
Author/Editor: Raymond Gillespie & Raymond Refaussé, editors

The cultural reception of the Bible

Explorations in theology, literature and the arts

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The Bible is undoubtedly the most influential ‘book’ that the world has ever known. In thirty essays, this wide-ranging volume examines the cultural impact of biblical texts, from...
Author/Editor: Salvador Ryan & Liam M. Tracey OSM, editors

Politics and political culture in Ireland from Restoration to Union, 1660-1800

Essays in honour of Jacqueline R. Hill

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Political culture is not an idea that many historians of Ireland have engaged with, preferring more straightforward ways of thinking about the distribution of political power through institutions...
Author/Editor: Raymond Gillespie, James Kelly & Mary Ann Lyons, editors

Religion and politics in urban Ireland, c.1500–c.1750

Essays in honour of Colm Lennon

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This collection celebrates the career of Colm Lennon, one of Ireland's most respected early modern historians. It examines the interplay between politics and religion in early modern Ireland,...
Author/Editor: Salvador Ryan & Clodagh Tait, editors