An edition of Patronage and piety (1993)

Patronage and piety

the politics of English Roman Catholicism, 1850-1900

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An edition of Patronage and piety (1993)

Patronage and piety

the politics of English Roman Catholicism, 1850-1900

For English Catholics, the years from 1850 to 1900 were stirring times. Emerging from a long period of social obscurity, they became confident that a 'Second Spring' would bring them to a position of moral authority and influence in Victorian England. Their leaders - Manning and Newman - were figures of the first rank. Their numbers - boosted by Irish immigration - seemed to herald genuine political strength.

In this lively and well-written study, Dr Quinn examines that confidence and finds it misplaced. He shows how Catholics frequently misread the political signs. Attaching themselves sometimes to the Liberals, sometimes to the Toris, they tended to forget that both parties, in their different ways, found it easier to cultivate anti-Catholicism.

At certain times - when the Catholic hierarchy was restored, when the Syllabus of Errors was promulgated, when Gladstone denounced 'Vaticanism' - this anti-Catholicism was virulent. In calmer days, Catholics were usually regarded with sullen suspicion.

  1. Seeking to examine Catholic political strength, Dr Quinn investigates the careers of leading Catholics such as the Marquis of Ripon and the Duke of Norfolk. He also traces the attitudes of the party leaders, Gladstone and Disraeli especially, to their Catholic followers. He shows how for some lesser Catholics, denomination was regarded as a reason for personal preferment. Finally, he demonstrates how, at constituency level, Catholicism was never the electoral force that many claimed it to be.
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Patronage and Piety: The Politics of English Roman Catholicism, 1850-1900
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Patronage and piety: the politics of English Roman Catholicism, 1850-1900
1993, Stanford University Press
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Patronage and piety: the politics of English Roman Catholicism, 1850-1900
1993, Macmillan
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-269) and index.

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Stanford, Calif

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Dewey Decimal Class
305.6/2041/09034
Library of Congress
BX1493 .Q55 1993, BX1493.Q55 1993

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 277 p. ;
Number of pages
277

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Open Library
OL1575574M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0804719969
LCCN
91075051
OCLC/WorldCat
28462685
Library Thing
421561
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4270465

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