English Convents in Catholic Europe, C.16001800

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Recruitment: familial and clerical patronage; 2. Embracing enclosure; 3. Material religious culture; 4. Financing the conventual movement; 5. Liturgical life: relics and martyrdom; 6. Networked: the convents and the world of Catholic exile; Conclusion.

About the author

James E. Kelly is Sweeting Fellow in the History of Catholicism at the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Durham. He was a member of the 'Who Were the Nuns?' project, and Principal Investigator of the 'Monks in Motion' project, both funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. He is co-editor of publications including Early Modern English Catholicism: Identity, Memory and Counter-Reformation, c.1570–1800 (2017) and The English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800: Communities, Culture and Identity (2013).

Summary

Highlighting the significance of the English convents in exile as part of, and contributors to, national and European Catholic culture, James E. Kelly situates the English Catholic experience within the wider context of the Catholic Reformation and Catholic Europe, and thus transforms our understanding of the convents.

Product details

• Authors: James E Kelly, James E. Kelly, James E. (University of Durham) Kelly, Kelly James E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781108810463
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81046-3
• No. of pages: 233
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Christian life & practice, History of Religion, Christian life and practice, RELIGION / Christian Living / General