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A Defence Of The Antient Historians: With A Particular Application Of It To The History Of Ireland

A Defence Of The Antient Historians: With A Particular Application Of It To The History Of Ireland

Hutchinson, Francis

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Genealogy & HeraldryGeneral ChristianityGeneral World History

ISBN10: 935444363X
ISBN13: 9789354443633
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Feb 26 2021
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Can we trust the chroniclers who first set Ireland's story in writing, or are they only repeating legend? In A Defence Of The Antient Historians, Irish bishop and scholar Francis Hutchinson confronts that question head on, weighing tradition against evidence in a bold reassessment of Ireland's remotest past. History is never neutral. Written in the early eighteenth century, this rigorous historical criticism treatise explores the credibility of ancient historians and the foundations on which ancient Ireland history has been built, from classical writers to medieval Irish chronicles. With a particular focus on the often-dismissed myths of early Ireland and the earliest sources for Irish history, Hutchinson probes how to distinguish fable from fact, making the work invaluable to Irish history students, Celtic studies scholars, and any reader fascinated by how national stories are made and unmade. At once an early Irish history book and a landmark in early modern historiography, it offers a rare window into the scholarly debates that shaped modern views of the Irish past. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. As a primary source on Ireland and on early modern historiography, it enriches any serious library of Irish and Celtic studies. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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