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).

Product details

• Authors: James E. Kelly, James E. (University of Durham) Kelly, Kelly James E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108479967
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47996-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Christian life & practice, History of Religion, Christian life and practice, RELIGION / Christian Living / General