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In 1598, Jesuit missions in Ireland, Scotland, and England were either suspended, undermanned, or under attack. With the Elizabethan government’s collusion, secular clerics hostile to Robert Persons and his tactics campaigned in Rome for the Society’s removal from the administration of continental English seminaries and from the mission itself. Continental Jesuits alarmed by the English mission’s idiosyncratic status within the Society, sought to restrict the mission’s privileges and curb its independence. Meanwhile the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, the subject that dared not speak its name, had become a more pressing concern. One candidate, King James VI of Scotland, courted Catholic support with promises of conversion. His peaceful accession in 1603 raised expectations, but as the royal promises went unfulfilled, anger replaced hope.
Price: $184.00
Pages: 614
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
Publication Date:
19 June 2017
ISBN: 9789004330443
Format: Hardcover
“the perfect starting point for the study of Catholicism in Britain in the seventeenth century.”
Victor Houliston, University of the Witwatersrand. In: British Catholic History, Vol. 34, No. 2 (October 2018), pp. 348–350.
“Essential reading for anyone interested in early modern (English) Catholicism, Jesuits, and Elizabethan political culture.”
Freddy C. Dominguez, University of Arkansas–Fayetteville. In: The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 104, No. 3 (Summer 2018), pp. 551–552.
“In short, this book is a magnificent achievement. It is difficult to see its source material being expanded upon without some major discovery of an unseen Jesuit archive. Simply, it is comprehensive and vital for anyone wishing to learn about this period of Jesuit activity in Britain and Ireland, and how the Society’s members interacted both nationally and internationally.” James E. Kelly, Durham University. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 5, No. 4 (November 2018), pp. 676–678.
“McCoog’s research is remarkably praiseworthy in its scope and the number of sources used.”
Sergey Fyodorov, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Fall 2019), pp. 855–857.
Victor Houliston, University of the Witwatersrand. In: British Catholic History, Vol. 34, No. 2 (October 2018), pp. 348–350.
“Essential reading for anyone interested in early modern (English) Catholicism, Jesuits, and Elizabethan political culture.”
Freddy C. Dominguez, University of Arkansas–Fayetteville. In: The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 104, No. 3 (Summer 2018), pp. 551–552.
“In short, this book is a magnificent achievement. It is difficult to see its source material being expanded upon without some major discovery of an unseen Jesuit archive. Simply, it is comprehensive and vital for anyone wishing to learn about this period of Jesuit activity in Britain and Ireland, and how the Society’s members interacted both nationally and internationally.” James E. Kelly, Durham University. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 5, No. 4 (November 2018), pp. 676–678.
“McCoog’s research is remarkably praiseworthy in its scope and the number of sources used.”
Sergey Fyodorov, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Fall 2019), pp. 855–857.
Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. Ph.D. (1984), University of Warwick, is Curator of the Avery, Cardinal Dulles Archives (Fordham University). He has published monographs, editions, and articles on early modern Jesuit history, including “And touching our Society”: Fashioning Jesuit Identity in Elizabethan England (Toronto: PIMS, 2013).