Citizens or Papists? : the politics of anti-Catholicism in New York, 1685-1821 / Jason K. Duncan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncan, Jason K.

Series:

Hudson Valley heritage series ; no. 3.

Hudson Valley heritage series, 1534-1399 ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-Catholicism--New York (State)--History.

Anti-Catholicism.

Christianity and politics--New York (State).

Christianity and politics.

New York (State)--Church history.

New York (State).

Catholic Church--New York (State)--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 253 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on rare archival sources, this book chronicles anti-Catholic feeling in New York in the pre-Revolutionary and early national periods. Colonial New York, despite its reputation for pluralism and tolerance, was also marked by severe restrictions on religious and political liberty for Catholics.

Contents:

"The hand of popery in this hellish conspiracy" : the legacy of Anti-Catholicism in Colonial New York

"The encouragement popery had met with" : Catholics and religious liberty in Revolutionary New York

"No foreign ecclesiastical authority" : Catholics and Republican citizenship

"Federalists and tories carrying everything with a high hand" : Catholics and the politics of the 1790s

"In all countries such distinctions are odious : in none more so than this" : political equality in the early republic

"A middle party?" : Catholics and Republican Nationalism

"The great chain of national union" : Catholics and the Republican triumph

Conclusion

"A most Democratic and Republican class.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-243) and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-3693-5

0-8232-4757-0

0-8232-2514-3

1-4237-9643-8

OCLC:

71010402