Newsletters From the Caroline Court, 1631-1638: Volume 26 - Catholicism and the Politics of the Personal Rule

Informationen zum Autor Michael C. Questier is Lecturer in the Department of History! Queen Mary! University of London. Formerly research fellow at Worcester College! Oxford and British Academy postdoctoral fellow at King's College London. Klappentext The newsletters in this volume were written by Catholics who had access to the Court of Charles I and Henrietta Maria during the 1630s. The letters principal concern was the factional strife among English Catholics, particularly over the issue of whether they should be subject to the authority of a Catholic bishop appointed by the papacy to live and rule over them in England. But these letters also contain Court news and gossip, information about foreign policy issues, and comment on the contemporary Church-of-England controversies over theology and clerical conformity. Zusammenfassung The newsletters in this volume were written by Catholics who had access to the Court of Charles I and Henrietta Maria during the 1630s. The letters' principal concern was the factional strife among English Catholics. But these letters also contain Court news and gossip and information about foreign policy issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; The Newsletters; Index.

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• Authors: Michael Questier, Michael C. Questier, Michael C. (University of Kent Questier
• Assisted by: Michael C. Questier (Editor), Michael C. (University of Kent Questier (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2005
• EAN: 9780521854078
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85407-8
• No. of pages: 374
• Series: Camden Fifth; Camden Fifth Series; Camden Fifth; Camden Fifth Series, Series Nu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History