Catholic communities in Protestant states Britain and the Netherlands c.1570-1720

by Kaplan, Benjamin J.; Moore, Bob; van Nierop, Henk; Pollmann, Judith

• ISBN13: 9780719079061
• ISBN10: 0719079063
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

This volume is the first to compare the position of Catholic minorities in England and the Dutch Republic. Looking beyond the tales of persecution that have dominated traditional historiography, the contributors focus on the realities of Catholic existence. Thematically organized, the book explores Catholicism as a minority culture that resorted to unorthodox means, both to retain its own identity, and to survive in a hostile political environment. It examines ritual, material culture, international networks, and above all relations: between laity and clergy, men and women, Catholics and Protestants. By highlighting differences as well as similarities between the English and Dutch experiences,Catholic Communities in Protestant Stateswill help both undergraduate readers and specialists to rethink the history of Catholicism and the consequences of minority status for religious communities.

Author Biography

Benjamin J. Kaplan is Professor of Dutch History at University College London and holds a joint appointment at the University of Amsterdam. Bob Moore is Professor of Twentieth-Century European History at the University of Sheffield. Henk van Nierop is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Amsterdam, and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for the Study of the Golden Age. Judith Pollmann is a Senior Lecturer in Dutch History, and Professor of the History and Culture of the Dutch Republic at Leiden University.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. xi
List of contributors	p. xii
Preface	p. xiii
Shifting identities in hostile settings: towards a comparison of the Catholic communities in early modern Britain and the Northern Netherlands	p. 1
Cooperative confessionalisation: lay-clerical collaboration in Dutch Catholic communities during the Golden Age	p. 18
'So they become contemptible': clergy and laity in a mission territory	p. 33
Integration vs segregation: religiously mixed marriage and the 'verzuiling' model of Dutch Society	p. 48
'Getting on' and 'getting along' in parish and town: Catholics and their neighbours in England	p. 67
Burying the dead; reliving the past: ritual, resentment and sacred space in the Dutch Republic	p. 84
Beads, books and bare ruined choirs: transmutations of Catholic ritual life in Protestant England	p. 103
The Southern Netherlands connection: networks of support and patronage	p. 123
Priests, nuns, presses and prayers: the Southern Netherlands and the contours of English Catholicism	p. 139
Second-class yet self-confident: Catholics in the Dutch Generality Lands	p. 156
Between conflict and coexistence: the Catholic community in Ireland as a 'visible underground church' in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries	p. 168
Orphans and students: recruiting boys and girls for the Holland Mission	p. 183
Harbourers and housekeepers: Catholic women in England 1570-1720	p. 200
Paintings for clandestine Catholic churches in the Republic: typically Dutch?	p. 216
Cultures of dissent: English Catholics and the visual arts	p. 230
Conclusion: Catholic communities in Protestant states, Britain and the Netherlands c.1580-1720	p. 249
Index	p. 265
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