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What are the Historical Origins of the Power Of the Catholic Church in Irish Society?
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“If religion be the opium of people, the Irish were addicts”
(Tovey & Share, 2000 p.306).
Ireland is known to be the “Island of Saints and Scholars”, it is almost as if the Irish population have always been holy and religious people who are devoted to the Catholic Church, however Ireland has not always been this way. It seems that the Church dominated Ireland particularly in the period between the Famine and the 1980’s. This is a result of many complex social factors.
The sixteenth century saw many changes not just in Ireland but throughout Western Europe. Western societies were undergoing what is known as the civilising process and there was also a growth in capitalist world systems. This resulted in many societies changing into ones that are more complex; people began to behave in more rational, predictable and less barbaric ways. For many, this movement towards civility operated in and through religious institutions,...
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“If religion be the opium of people, the Irish were addicts”
(Tovey & Share, 2000 p.306).
Ireland is known to be the “Island of Saints and Scholars”, it is almost as if the Irish population have always been holy and religious people who are devoted to the Catholic Church, however Ireland has not always been this way. It seems that the Church dominated Ireland particularly in the period between the Famine and the 1980’s. This is a result of many complex social factors.
The sixteenth century saw many changes not just in Ireland but throughout Western Europe. Western societies were undergoing what is known as the civilising process and there was also a growth in capitalist world systems. This resulted in many societies changing into ones that are more complex; people began to behave in more rational, predictable and less barbaric ways. For many, this movement towards civility operated in and through religious institutions,...
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