The Popes and Britain : a history of rule, rupture and reconciliation / Stella Fletcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Stella.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Great Britain--History.

Catholic Church.

Papacy--History.

Papacy.

History.

Great Britain--Religion.

Great Britain.

Religion.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B.Tauris, 2017.

Summary:

When the British thought of themselves as a Protestant nation their natural enemy was the pope and they adapted their view of history accordingly. In contrast, Rome's perspective was always considerably wider and its view of Britain was almost invariably positive, especially in comparison to medieval emperors, who made and unmade popes, and post-medieval Frenchmen, who treated popes with contempt. As the twenty-first-century papacy looks ever more firmly beyond Europe, this new history examines political, diplomatic and cultural relations between the popes and Britain from their vague origins, through papal overlordship of England, the Reformation and the process of repairing that breach.

Contents:

1 I Follow Peter 9

2 Papal Monarchs and their Subjects 27

3 Rome, Capital of the World? 50

4 Of Swords and Roses 75

5 Converging Interests 103

6 'God Bless our Pope, the Great, the Good' 131

7 From Hard Choices to Soft Power 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-228) and index.

ISBN:

1784534935

9781784534936

OCLC:

920730198