English Catholics and the supernatural, 1553-1829 / Francis Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Francis (Francis Kendrick), author.

Series:

Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700.

Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--England--History.

Catholic Church.

Occultism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Occultism.

Parapsychology--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Parapsychology.

Supernatural (Theology).

England--Church history--1485-.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In spite of an upsurge in interest in the social history of the Catholic community and an ever-growing body of literature on early modern 'superstition' and popular religion, the English Catholic community's response to the invisible world of the preternatural and supernatural has remained largely neglected. Addressing this oversight, this book explores Catholic responses to the supernatural world, setting the English Catholic community in the contexts of the wider Counter-Reformation and the confessional culture of early modern England.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Church, Community and Reformation; Catholics and the Supernatural; Sources; Structure; 1 Early Modern Catholics and 'Superstition'; Supernaturalism, 'Superstition' and the Roots of Scepticism; Catholic and Sub-Catholic; Mystical Recusancy; English Catholics and the Devil; Catholic Aristotelianism and Scepticism of the Supernatural; 2 Catholicism, Enlightenment and 'Superstition'; Jesuits, Jansenists and the Supernatural; Pope and the Supernatural; English Catholics and the 'New Philosophy'

The Supernatural and the Birth of Emancipation, 1778-18293 Ghosts and Apparitions in the English Catholic Community; The Early Modern Ghost Narrative; English Catholic Commentary on Ghosts; Ghosts and Purgatory; Oral Traditions; Catholic Ghost Narratives of the Reformation; Catholic Ghost Narratives of the Eighteenth Century; English Catholics and the Romantic Ghost Story; 4 Catholics, Witchcraft and Magic in Reformation England; Catholic and Protestant on Witchcraft; Catholics as Witches in Reformation England; Witchcraft versus Recusancy: The Case of the Samlesbury Witches

Witchcraft and the Catholic MissionCatholics, Magic and Astrology; 5 Catholics and Witchcraft in the Age of Enlightenment; Jacobitism and Witchcraft; Catholics and Witchcraft in England; Witchcraft and English Catholics Abroad; 'This Uncommon Subject': Gregory Greenwood's Three Discourses; 6 Dealing with the Devil: Catholic Exorcisms; The Reformation and the Evolution of Exorcism; Catholic Exorcisms through Protestant Eyes; Exorcism and the Catholic Mission; 'The Devil in the Convent': Exorcism in Religious Communities; Catholic Exorcisms of Haunted Houses; The Legacy of Folklore

Sceptical ResponsesDecline and Revival: Exorcism in the Age of Enlightenment; Appendix 1: Documented Catholic Exorcisms in England, 1577-1815; Appendix 2: 'Three Discourses of Witches and Witchcraft' by Gregory Greenwood; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4724-0162-X

1-317-14317-5

1-317-14316-7

1-315-57972-3

1-283-85993-9

1-4094-5566-1

9781315579726

OCLC:

820954116