Czarnowski, S. Le Culte des Héros et ses Conditions Sociale. Saint Patrick Héros National de l’Irlande. First Edition. Paris, Librairie Felix Alcan, 1919. Octavo. xciv, 369 pages. Original dark green cloth. Gilt title. Hard cover. Very good condition. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Internally mildly toned, otherwise clean.

Provenance: From the Library of Kenneth Nicholls.

Kenneth W. Nicholls (1934 – 25 May 2025) was an Irish academic and historian, notable for his work on the late medieval and early modern period. He was the subject of a festschrift in 2014.
Nicholls worked at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies for a period during the 1960s. He was a member of staff of the history department in University College Cork until his retirement in 2004. He came to national and international prominence as the author of Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages, first published in 1972, and reprinted in 2003. He was particularly regarded among his peers for his deep knowledge of late medieval and early modern historical sources in the Irish, Latin, French and English languages.

• Keywords: History · History & Culture · History of Ireland · Reference · Religion · Social Sciences
• Language: French
• First edition
• Inventory Number: 104901AB

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