The English Catholic Community, 1570-1850

The English Catholic Community, 1570-1850

Author: John Bossy

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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"The culmination of a generation of research by many scholars, this, the first systematic study of the Roman Catholic community in England between the reign of Elizabeth I and the late nineteenth-century Irish immigration, fills a notable gap in the history of England."--Book Jacket.


Catholic Gentry in English Society

Catholic Gentry in English Society

Author: Peter Marshall

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780754664321

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This volume advances scholarly understanding of English Catholicism in the early modern period through a series of essays addressing aspects of the history of the Throckmorton family. Despite their persistent adherence to Catholicism over several centurie


The Construction of Martyrdom in the English Catholic Community, 1535–1603

The Construction of Martyrdom in the English Catholic Community, 1535–1603

Author: Anne Dillon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 746

ISBN-13: 1351892398

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Between 1535 and 1603, more than 200 English Catholics were executed by the State for treason. Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary sources, Anne Dillon examines the ways in which these executions were transformed into acts of martyrdom. Utilizing the reports from the gallows, the Catholic community in England and in exile created a wide range of manuscripts and texts in which they employed the concept of martyrdom for propaganda purposes in continental Europe and for shaping Catholic identity and encouraging recusancy at home. Particularly potent was the derivation of images from these texts which provided visual means of conveying the symbol of the martyr. Through an examination of the work of Richard Verstegan and the martyr murals of the English College in Rome, the book explores the influence of these images on the Counter Reformation Church, the Jesuits, and the political intentions of English Catholics in exile and those of their hosts. The Construction of Martyrdom in the English Catholic Community, 1535-1603 shows how Verstegan used the English martyrs in his Theatrum crudelitatum of 1587 to rally support from Catholics on the Continent for a Spanish invasion of England to overthrow Elizabeth I and her government. The English martyr was, Anne Dillon argues, as much a construction of international, political rhetoric as it was of English religious and political debate; an international Catholic banner around which Catholic European powers were urged to rally.


Robert Parsons and English Catholicism, 1580-1610

Robert Parsons and English Catholicism, 1580-1610

Author: Michael L. Carrafiello

Publisher: Susquehanna University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781575910123

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Instead, his legacy can be measured by the importance of his ideas in the context of late-sixteenth- and early-seventeenth-century England. Those ideas, and the machinations they inspired, were ultimately an integral part of the ongoing struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism in religion and between constitutionalism and absolutism in politics.


English Catholics and the Education of the Poor, 1847–1902

English Catholics and the Education of the Poor, 1847–1902

Author: Eric G Tenbus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1317323882

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Filling an important gap in the historiography of Victorian Britain, this book examines the English Catholic Church's efforts during the second half of the nineteenth century to provide elementary education for Catholics.


Church Courts, Sex and Marriage in England, 1570-1640

Church Courts, Sex and Marriage in England, 1570-1640

Author: Martin Ingram

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-03-29

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780521386555

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This is an in-depth, richly documented study of the sex and marriage business in ecclesiastical courts of Elizabethan and early Stuart England. This study is based on records of the courts in Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and West Sussex in the period 1570-1640.


Early Modern English Catholicism

Early Modern English Catholicism

Author: James E. Kelly

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-11-14

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9004325670

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Early Modern English Catholicism: Identity, Memory and Counter-Reformation brings together leading scholars in the field to explore the interlocking relationship between the key themes of identity, memory and Counter-Reformation and to assess the way the three themes shaped English Catholicism in the early modern period. The collection takes a long-term view of the historical development of English Catholicism and encompasses the English Catholic diaspora to demonstrate the important advances that have been made in the study of English Catholicism c.1570–1800. The interdisciplinary collection brings together scholars from history, literary, and art history backgrounds. Consisting of eleven essays and an afterword by the late John Bossy, the book underlines the significance of early modern English Catholicism as a contributor to national and European Counter-Reformation culture.


English Catholics and the Supernatural, 1553–1829

English Catholics and the Supernatural, 1553–1829

Author: Francis Young

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-06

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1317143175

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In spite of an upsurge in interest in the social history of the Catholic community and an ever-growing body of literature on early modern 'superstition' and popular religion, the English Catholic community's response to the invisible world of the preternatural and supernatural has remained largely neglected. Addressing this oversight, this book explores Catholic responses to the supernatural world, setting the English Catholic community in the contexts of the wider Counter-Reformation and the confessional culture of early modern England. In so doing, it fulfils the need for a study of how English Catholics related to manifestations of the devil (witchcraft and possession) and the dead (ghosts) in the context of Catholic attitudes to the supernatural world as a whole (including debates on miracles). The study further provides a comprehensive examination of the ways in which English Catholics deployed exorcism, the church's ultimate response to the devil. Whilst some aspects of the Catholic response have been touched on in the course of broader studies, few scholars have gone beyond the evidence contained within anti-Catholic polemical literature to examine in detail what Catholics themselves said and thought. Given that Catholics were consistently portrayed as 'superstitious' in Protestant literature, the historian must attend to Catholic voices on the supernatural in order to avoid a disastrously unbalanced view of Catholic attitudes. This book provides the first analysis of the Catholic response to the supernatural and witchcraft and how it related to a characteristic Counter-Reformation preoccupation, the phenomenon of exorcism.


The Reign of Elizabeth I

The Reign of Elizabeth I

Author: Stephen J. Lee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-02-05

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0429603916

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Covering the period from 1558–1603, The Reign of Elizabeth I looks at all the important aspects of the reign of the last of the Tudor monarchs. The volume gives students the critical tools to enable them to perform to their best ability, drawing together the main issues on each topic and providing an accessible guide to the period. Using extensive sources and historiography, Stephen J. Lee explores: the religious settlement government and foreign policy the economy Elizabeth's relationship with Parliament society and culture. Also including a glossary of key terms and a helpful chronology, this is an essential tool for any student of British history.