Newsletters from the Archpresbyterate of George Birkhead by George Birkhead

Newsletters from the Archpresbyterate of George Birkhead by George Birkhead

This volume contains a series of Jacobean newsletters written by members of one of the most important Catholic clerical factions of the period. They shed light primarily on matters which most immediately affected the English Catholic community: the strife between different Catholic factions, the conflict between Catholics and the State (especially over the Jacobean oath of allegiance), and the possibility, nevertheless, of obtaining some form of toleration. They also give us Catholic glosses on other news which could be taken to have a bearing on the prospects of English Catholics, such as Court politics, the conduct of Jacobean foreign policy towards European Catholic states, and controversies within the Church of England. This previously unpublished material, extensively annotated by Michael Questier, provides highly illuminating source material for the study of early modern ecclesiastical politics.

"This extensively annotated volume contains a series of previously unpublished newsletters written by Catholic priests that shed light on English Catholic factionalism, the conflict between Catholics and the State, and the possibility of obtaining some form of toleration" Documentary Editing
"...Dr. Questier has produced a new primary source for the religious and social history of the Catholics in the first decade of James I." Catholic Historical Review

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ISBN 13	9780521652605
ISBN 10	052165260X
Title	Newsletters from the Archpresbyterate of George Birkhead
Author	George Birkhead
Series	Camden Fifth Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1999-12-09
Number of pages	321
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