Against popery: Britain, empire, and Anti-Catholicism

"Against Popery: Britain, Empire, and Anti-Catholicism is a collection of interdisciplinary essays that use anti-popery as a framework for interpreting the culture and politics of the British-American world. Anti-popery is identified by scholars of early modern England as an ideology of liberty...

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Contributors: Haefeli, Evan 1969- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Charlottesville London University of Virginia Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Against popery] (2022) (Haydon, Colin, 1955 -)
Series/Journal:Early American histories
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Great Britain / USA / Anti-catholicism / Political change / History 1536-1866
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Religious Tolerance (United States)
B Anti-Catholicism (Great Britain)
B Anti-Catholicism (United States)
B Religious Tolerance (Great Britain)
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Summary:"Against Popery: Britain, Empire, and Anti-Catholicism is a collection of interdisciplinary essays that use anti-popery as a framework for interpreting the culture and politics of the British-American world. Anti-popery is identified by scholars of early modern England as an ideology of liberty associated with anti-Catholicism-an opposition to tyranny and corruption associated with the papacy. Spanning three centuries, these essays reveal anti-popery as an agent of cultural and political change, from Protestants' positive engagement with selected aspects of Catholic culture to upheavals like the American Revolution"--
Item Description:Literaturangaben
ISBN:0813944910