Title: The origins of sectarianism in early modern Ireland
Description: Within a country where religious divisions have both a long history and a direct contemporary relevance, this book examines how they first emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Leading Irish historians examine how separate Catholic and Protestant church structures and communities were created both nationally and locally. They analyze the ways in which the rival institutions influenced perceptions of religious difference, resulting in a pattern in Irish history of Protestants and Catholics living together as separate denominations.
Subjects: Relations, Christianity, Religion and politics, Anti-Catholicism, Social conditions, Protestant churches, Hate, Catholic Church, History, Ireland, fiction, Church history, 16th century, 17th century, Religious aspects
Places: Ireland
Time periods: 17th century, 16th century