Routledge

Routledge

English

'... this book not only succeeds in providing a series of valuable individual essays but also, thanks to the editor’s excellent introduction and wider guiding principles, provides a coherent volume that is greater than the sum of its parts. It will be essential reading for all scholars who want fully to understand Irish society in the long eighteenth century.' Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies '... a tour de force ... it provides an excellent introduction to legal systems in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland and a valuable guide to issues such as legal reform and civic governance among many others. The detailed and highly readable introduction sets the tone for the essays that follow.' European History Quarterly