Papist Devils : Catholics in British America, 1574-1783 / Robert Emmett Curran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curran, Robert Emmett.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--West Indies, British--History.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Maritime Provinces--History.

Catholic Church--Maryland--History.

Catholic Church--United States--History.

Catholic Church--North America--History.

North America--Church history.

United States--Church history.

West Indies, British--Church history.

West Indies, British.

Maritime Provinces--Church history.

Maritime Provinces.

Maryland--Church history.

Maryland.

United States.

North America.

Local Subjects:

Catholic Church--North America--History.

Catholic Church--United States--History.

Catholic Church--Maryland--History.

Catholic Church--Maritime Provinces--History.

Catholic Church--West Indies, British--History.

North America--Church history.

United States--Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxfordshire, England ; : The Catholic University of America Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a brief highly readable history of the Catholic experience in British America, which shaped the development of the colonies and the nascent republic in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction. The Context of Colonization""; ""1. ""To Sew the Holy Faith in His Land"": The Calverts and the Beginnings of Caholic Setttlement""; ""2. ""Holy Church Shall Have All Her Rights, Liberties, and Immunities"": Church and State in Early Maryland""; ""3. ""Aliens, Savages, and Enemies of the Kingdome"": Maryland and the Repercussions of the English Civil War""; ""4. ""Much as They Do at Home"": The Irish Diaspora and the West Indies""; ""5. ""The Miracle of this Age"": Maryland and New York under the Restoration""

""6. ""Against a Common Enemy"": The Glorious Revolution and Its Consequences in the Atlantic World""""7. ""Religion, Liberty, and Property"": Maryland Catholics in the Early Penal Era""; ""8. ""Many to Attend, and Few to Attend Them"": The Modes of Being an Outcast Community""; ""9. ""[Catholics,] by the Very Principles of That Religion . . . Can Never Be Faithful Subjects"": The Peaking of Anti-Catholicism and the Seven Years' War""; ""10. ""Who is This Man That Calls Himself a Citizen?"": Catholics and the Road of Independence""

""11. ""The Wonderful Work of That God Who Guards Your LIberties"": Catholics and the Revolution""""Epilogue: The Colonial Legacy""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-8132-2584-1

OCLC:

887973093