Catholicism and Community in Early Modern England

Informationen zum Autor Michael C. Questier is Senior Lecturer in History at Queen Mary, University of London. His previous publications include Conversion, Politics and Religion in England 1580 1625 (1996). Klappentext A groundbreaking study of the political! religious and mental worlds of the Catholic aristocracy from 15501640. Michael Questier examines the patronage networks of the English Catholic community and their relationship to the later Tudors and Stuarts. He shows how the local history of the Reformation can be used to rewrite mainstream accounts of national politics and religious conflict. The book demonstrates the extent to which sections of the Catholic community had come to an understanding with both the local and national State by the later 1620s and 1630s. Zusammenfassung A groundbreaking study of the familial networks and the political! religious and mental worlds of the Catholic aristocracy from 1550 to 1640. It demonstrates the extent to which sections of the Catholic community had come to an understanding with both the local and national State by the later 1620s and 1630s. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The local setting; 3. The emergence of a catholic dynasty: the Brownes of Cowdray; 4. The Brownes, catholicism and politics until the Ridolfi Plot; 5. The Brownes, catholicism and politics from the 1570s until the early 1590s; 6. The entourage of the first Viscount Montague; 7. The household at Battle Abbey and the Lady Magdalen's entourage; 8. The 1590s to the Gunpowder Plot; 9. Catholic politics and clerical culture after the accession of James Stuart; 10. The household and circle of the Second Viscount Montague. 11. 'Grand Captain' or 'Little Lord': the second Viscount Montague as Catholic leader; 12. The later Jacobean and early Caroline period; 13. The second Viscount Montague, his entourage and the approbation controversy; 14. Catholicism, clientage networks and the debates of the 1630s; 15. Epilogue: the Civil War and after....

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A groundbreaking study of the familial networks and the political, religious and mental worlds of the Catholic aristocracy from 1550 to 1640. It demonstrates the extent to which sections of the Catholic community had come to an understanding with both the local and national State by the later 1620s and 1630s.

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1. Introduction; 2. The local setting; 3. The emergence of a catholic dynasty: the Brownes of Cowdray; 4. The Brownes, catholicism and politics until the Ridolfi Plot; 5. The Brownes, catholicism and politics from the 1570s until the early 1590s; 6. The entourage of the first Viscount Montague; 7. The household at Battle Abbey and the Lady Magdalen's entourage; 8. The 1590s to the Gunpowder Plot; 9. Catholic politics and clerical culture after the accession of James Stuart; 10. The household and circle of the Second Viscount Montague. 11. 'Grand Captain' or 'Little Lord': the second Viscount Montague as Catholic leader; 12. The later Jacobean and early Caroline period; 13. The second Viscount Montague, his entourage and the approbation controversy; 14. Catholicism, clientage networks and the debates of the 1630s; 15. Epilogue: the Civil War and after.