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Papist Devils: Catholics in British America, 1574-1783
Robert Emmett Curran
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Description for Papist Devils: Catholics in British America, 1574-1783
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
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. Historian Robert Emmett Curran begins his account with the English reformation, which helps us to understand the Catholic exodus from England, Ireland, and Scotland that took place over the nearly two centuries that constitute the colonial period. The deeply rooted English understanding of Catholics as enemies of the political and religious values at the heart of British tradition, ironically acted as a catalyst for the emergence of a Catholic ... Read more
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. Historian Robert Emmett Curran begins his account with the English reformation, which helps us to understand the Catholic exodus from England, Ireland, and Scotland that took place over the nearly two centuries that constitute the colonial period. The deeply rooted English understanding of Catholics as enemies of the political and religious values at the heart of British tradition, ironically acted as a catalyst for the emergence of a Catholic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780813225838
SKU
V9780813225838
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About Robert Emmett Curran
Robert Emmett Curran is Professor Emeritus of History at Georgetown University.
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