{"product_id":"9781846826085","title":"The Nugents of Westmeath and Queen Elizabeth's Irish Primer","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, Seaán Ó Cearnaigh. The links between the writings of Nugent (an Anglo-Irish Catholic) and Ó 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]","brand":"Four Courts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039117590768,"sku":"9781846826085","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781846826085_p0.jpg?v=1763748521","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781846826085","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}