Popery and politics in England 1660-1688
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Popery and politics in England 1660-1688
Cambridge University Press, 2008
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Originally published: 1973
"This digitally printed version 2008"--T.p. verso
"Paperback Re-issue"--Back cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index
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Description
In the reign of Charles II, over a century after the Protestant Reformation, England was faced with the prospect of a Catholic king when the King's brother, the future James II became a Catholic. The reaction to his conversion, the fears it aroused and their background form the main theme of this book.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Catholic laity
- 2. England and Rome: the Catholic clergy
- 3. The penal laws and their enforcement
- 4. The development of the anti-Catholic tradition
- 5. The Restoration settlement and after
- 6. The French alliance and 'Catholicity'
- 7. York and Danby
- 8. The Popish Plot and the Exclusion Crisis
- 9. The Tory reaction
- 10. James II and the Church of England Men
- 11. James II and the Dissenters
- 12. James II and Rome
- 13. The missionary effort under James II
- 14. The opposition to James II.
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