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Loyal Protestants and Dangerous Papists: Maryland and the Politics of Religion in the English Atlantic, 1630-1690 (Early American Histories)
Antoinette Sutto
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Hardcover. "This book considers the complex religious tensions in seventeenth-century Maryland in relation to colonial sovereignty under the English crown"-- Series: Early American Histories. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Loyal Protestants and Dangerous Papists analyzes the vibrant and often violent political culture of seventeenth-century America, exploring the relationship between early American and early modern British politics through a detailed study of colonial Maryland. Seventeenth-century Maryland was repeatedly wracked by disputes over the legitimacy of the colony’s Catholic proprietorship. The proprietors’ strange policy of religious liberty was part of the controversy, but colonists also voiced fears of proprietary conspiracies with Native Americans and claimed the colony’s ruling circle aimed to crush their liberties as English subjects. Conflicts like these became wrapped up in disputes less obviously political, such as disagreements ... Read more
Loyal Protestants and Dangerous Papists analyzes the vibrant and often violent political culture of seventeenth-century America, exploring the relationship between early American and early modern British politics through a detailed study of colonial Maryland. Seventeenth-century Maryland was repeatedly wracked by disputes over the legitimacy of the colony’s Catholic proprietorship. The proprietors’ strange policy of religious liberty was part of the controversy, but colonists also voiced fears of proprietary conspiracies with Native Americans and claimed the colony’s ruling circle aimed to crush their liberties as English subjects. Conflicts like these became wrapped up in disputes less obviously political, such as disagreements ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Early American Histories
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813937472
SKU
V9780813937472
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Ref
99-42
About Antoinette Sutto
Antoinette Sutto is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi, USA.
Reviews for Loyal Protestants and Dangerous Papists: Maryland and the Politics of Religion in the English Atlantic, 1630-1690 (Early American Histories)
“An important analysis of an odd and little understood colony, this book is an excellent example of a local history placed within a transatlantic context."" —Carla Gardina Pestana, UCLA, author of Protestant Empire: Religion and the Making of the British Atlantic World.