The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland, and England 1541-1588: Our Way of Proceeding?This volume is the first comprehensive study of the work of the Society of Jesus in the British Isles during the sixteenth century. Beginning with an account of brief papal missions to Ireland (1541) and Scotland (1562), it goes on to cover the foundation of a permanent mission to England (1580) and the frustration of Catholic hopes with the failure of the Spanish Armada (1588). Throughout the book, the activities of the Jesuits - preaching, propaganda, prayer and politics - are set within a wider European context, and within the framework of the Society's "Constitutions," In particular, the sections on religious life and involvement in diplomacy show how flexibly the Jesuits adapted their "way of proceeding" to the religious and political circumstances of the British Isles, and to the demands of the Counter-Reformation. |
Contents
Lewdly Cal Jebusites | 1 |
The Hour of Satan | 43 |
According to the Spirit of the Society | 80 |
The Enterprise is Begun | 129 |
On the Conversion of Scotland | 178 |
The Winter in the Soul | 224 |
Our Way of Proceeding | 265 |
Bibliography | 281 |
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