Catholicism and Community in Early Modern England - Politics, Aristocratic Patronage and Religion, C.1550-1640

Informationen zum Autor Michael C. Questier is Senior Lecturer in History at Queen Mary, University of London. His previous publications include Conversion, Politics and Religion in England 1580–1625 (1996). Klappentext A study of the political! religious and mental worlds of the Catholic aristocracy from 1550 to 1640! Zusammenfassung A groundbreaking study of the familial networks and the political! religious and mental worlds of the Catholic aristocracy from 1550 to 1640. It demonstrates the extent to which sections of the Catholic community had come to an understanding with both the local and national State by the later 1620s and 1630s. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The local setting; 3. The emergence of a catholic dynasty: the Brownes of Cowdray; 4. The Brownes, catholicism and politics until the Ridolfi Plot; 5. The Brownes, catholicism and politics from the 1570s until the early 1590s; 6. The entourage of the first Viscount Montague; 7. The household at Battle Abbey and the Lady Magdalen's entourage; 8. The 1590s to the Gunpowder Plot; 9. Catholic politics and clerical culture after the accession of James Stuart; 10. The household and circle of the Second Viscount Montague. 11. 'Grand Captain' or 'Little Lord': the second Viscount Montague as Catholic leader; 12. The later Jacobean and early Caroline period; 13. The second Viscount Montague, his entourage and the approbation controversy; 14. Catholicism, clientage networks and the debates of the 1630s; 15. Epilogue: the Civil War and after.

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• Authors: Questier Michael C., Michael C. Questier, Michael C. (Queen Mary University of Lon Questier, Questier Michael C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2008
• EAN: 9780521068802
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06880-2
• No. of pages: 588
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700