Catholic Reformation in Protestant Britain
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780754657231
Subjects: Catholic church, great britain; Counter-reformation; Great britain, church history, 16th century; Great britain, church history, 17th century
Description: This collection, which brings together a selection of Alexandra Walsham's essays written over the last fifteen years, examines key aspects of the evolution and experience of the Catholic communities of post-Reformation Britain. Rejecting an earlier preoccupation with recusants and martyrs, it highlights the importance of those who conformed with the ecclesiastical establishment and explores the moral and political dilemmas that confronted the clergy and laity. It reassesses the significance of the Counter Reformation as an evangelical enterprise; analyses its communication strategies; and illu.