Spain and the Irish Mission, 1609-1707

This book offers a new perspective on the strategy of the Spanish monarchy after the Peace of London (1604), focusing on the missionary networks created around the Catholic diaspora to the Iberian Peninsula and their political significance.

List of contents

1. Hibernia, the Iberia of the North 2. Ireland, Rome, Spain: The Origins of a Mission 3. The Changing Nature of Royal Patronage 4. "Rock Castle, Trojan Horse": The Restoration 5. Under Catholic Sovereignty, 1685-1691 6. Religion After War: Redefining the Mission 7. Fin de Siècle: A Return Mission 8. From the Habsburg to the Bourbon: Change or Continuity?

About the author

Cristina Bravo Lozano is a postdoctoral researcher in early modern confessional history at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Summary

This book charts the political, economic and cultural dimension of Spanish royal patronage of Irish Catholics in the British Isles during the Seventeenth Century, from the training of missionaries to the role of priests, friars and other Irish servants in Spanish foreign politics.

Product details

• Authors: Cristina Bravo Lozano, Cristina (Universidad Autonoma De Ma Bravo Lozano, Cristina (Universidad Pablo de Olavide Spain) Bravo Lozano, Cristina Bravo Lozano
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138636767
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63676-7
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge; Routledge Studies in Renaissance and Early Modern Worlds of Knowledge
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, Spain, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, Ireland, Religion & politics, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Religion and Politics, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance