Law and Conscience: Catholicism in Early Modern England, 1570-1625

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., Jan 1, 2007 - History - 256 pages
This work aims to analyze and interpret the relation between religion and politics in English Catholic thought between the 16th and 17th centuries.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
The Debate over the Oath and Its Implications
7
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2
29
Old Ideas and New Interpretations at the End of Elizabeths Reign
53
The Appellants and the Archpriest
65
The English Benedictines and the Society of Jesus
73
5
109
The Gunpowder Plot and the English Catholics
117
Bellarmines Solution
139
A Change in the Political Debate
161
A Change in the Theological Debate
195
Suggestions for a Reappraisal
209
Conclusions
223
Index
245
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Stefania Tutino is Professor in the Department of History, University of California - Santa Barbara, USA.

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