{"product_id":"the-nugents-of-westmeath-and-denis-casey-9781846826085","title":"The Nugents of Westmeath and Queen Elizabeth's Irish Primer: Volume 123","description":"This is the first in-depth study of the oldest surviving 'beginner's guide' to the Irish language. Christopher Nugent, baron of Delvin, presented Queen Elizabeth I with an Irish language primer in 1564, which he produced while he was a student at the University of Cambridge. Although of limited practical use for learning Irish, the primer was nonetheless a landmark in the history of the Irish language and Anglo-Irish cultural relations, which has remained largely unexplored until now. This study locates the primer within a variety of contexts, including Christopher Nugent's Anglo-Irish background, the medieval Irish grammatical tradition, Renaissance second-language teaching, and English attitudes to Irish culture in the sixteenth century. It also offers the first-ever detailed analysis of the contents of the primer and highlights its possible indebtedness to a pre-print version of the Aibidil Gaoidheilge \u0026amp; Caiticiosma (1571) of Nugent's Cambridge contemporary, Sea��� n ���� Cearnaigh. The links between the writings of Nugent (an Anglo-Irish Catholic) and ���� Cearnaigh (a Gaelic-Irish Protestant) highlight the religious and cultural complexity of the time and help make the primer a compelling object of study. (Series: Maynooth Studies in Local History, Vol. 123) [Subject: Tudor History, Irish History, Westmeath, Cultural Studies, Ireland]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denis Casey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184682608X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846826085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Four Courts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.30d","brand":"Denis Casey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587927716095,"sku":"9781846826085","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nugents-of-westmeath-and-denis-casey-9781846826085","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}