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| Titre : | Moore v Adam. An Irish Merchant in 1812 Alicante: War, Politics and Business (2023) |
| Auteurs : | Madeline O'NEILL, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Etudes irlandaises (Vol 48 n 2 Automne 2023) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 55-74 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | This paper originated in a testimonial on an incident that occurred in Alicante in 1812. The incident resulted in two legal suits for assault by a British officer being brought to a British court in 1815 and 1816. Thomas Moore, the victim of the assault, was also the author of a testimonial published in London in 1816. A thematic analysis of both the events that framed this altercation and the ideological background of the principal protagonists is carried out within the context of the Peninsular war in Spain. The themes include: the Irish merchant presence in Spain, constitutionalism, race, class and politics, co-operation and dissent, liberalism versus absolutism, and the more traditional narratives of religion and national identity. The context is given further complexity by the relationship between the British army and Spanish civilians and the political agency of the British in Cádiz and Alicante. |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
