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Book SynopsisA Companion to Catholicism and Recusancy in Britain and Ireland is an edited collection of nineteen essays written by a range of experts and some newer scholars in the areas of early modern British and Irish history and religion. In addition to English Catholicism, developments in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, as well as ongoing connections and interactions with Continental Catholicism, are well incorporated throughout the volume. Many currents of the latest scholarship are addressed and advanced, including religious minorities and exiles, women and gender studies, literary and material culture, religious identity construction, and, within Catholic studies, the role of laity as well as clergy, and of female as well as male religious. In all, these essays significantly advance the movement of early modern British and Irish Catholicism from the historiographical margins to an evolving, but ultimately more capacious and accurate, historical mainstream.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction Robert E. Scully, S.J. 1 Historical Overview, ca. 1530–1829 William J. Sheils Part 1 The Community and Its Place in the National and International Scene 2 The English Secular Clergy, 1559–1829 Peter Phillips 3 The Jesuits and Other Male Religious Orders in Britain and Ireland Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. 4 Recusant Women Religious The Communities in a National and International Context Caroline Bowden 5 Catholic Laywomen Activist Piety, Agency, and Strategic Resistance Colleen M. Seguin 6 Catholic Nobility and Gentry from Reformation to Emancipation Susan M. Cogan 7 “When Time Should Serve” The Long Wait of Lay Catholic Exiles Anne R. Throckmorton 8 Becoming Irish Catholics Ireland, 1534–1690 John McCafferty 9 Catholics in Scotland Overview and Literary Culture Jane Stevenson 10 Scottish Catholic Material Culture Peter Davidson and David W. Walker 11 Catholics in Wales Hannah Thomas Part 2 Opposition: Within and Without 12 Domestic Disorder Debating Recusancy within the Catholic Community Robert E. Scully, S.J. 13 Anti-Catholicism Catholics, Protestants, and the “Popery” Problem Adam Morton Part 3 Catholic/Recusant Culture 14 Martyrdom and the Catholic Community Anne Dillon 15 Recusant Literary Culture in England and Wales Victor Houliston 16 Political and Theological Culture Monarchies and Republics in Recusant Thought Gary W. Jenkins 17 English Catholic Material Culture, 1558–1688 Janet Graffius 18 Underground Devotions The Day-to-Day Challenges of Practicing an Illegal Faith Lisa McClain 19 The Catholic Enlightenment in Britain and Ireland Jonathan Wright Select Bibliography Index
