A history of the Catholic Church in the American South : 1513-1900 /
Woods, James M.,1952-
Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida,
c2011.
Cross and sword: the Spanish Catholic Mission to La Florida, 1513-1763 -- Padres, prairies, and Piney Woods: Catholicism in Spanish Texas, 1519-1763 -- Fleur-de-Lis: Catholicism in French lower Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, 1673-1763 -- To the manor born: Catholics in the Southern English colonies, 1633-1763 -- The Carroll era: Southern Catholics and the new American republic, 1763-1815 -- Church and state: the erosion of European empires in the south, 1763-1821 -- Annexation and accommodation: Catholic growth within the expanding south, 1815-1845 -- From aliens to Confederates: Catholics in the south, 1845-1865 -- A regional religion: Catholic prelates in the Postbellum South, 1865-1900 -- Migrations, movements, and ministry: Catholicism in the South, 1845-1900.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-479) and index.
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