Popery and Politics in England 1660–1688

The reaction to James II's conversion to Catholicism, the fears it aroused and their background form the main theme of this book.

John Miller (Author)

9780521077422, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 September 2008

304 pages
22.4 x 14.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.3 kg

In the reign of Charles II, over a century after the Protestant Reformation, England was faced with the prospect of a Catholic king when the King's brother, the future James II became a Catholic. The reaction to his conversion, the fears it aroused and their background form the main theme of this book.

Introduction
1. The Catholic laity
2. England and Rome: the Catholic clergy
3. The penal laws and their enforcement
4. The development of the anti-Catholic tradition
5. The Restoration settlement and after
6. The French alliance and 'Catholicity'
7. York and Danby
8. The Popish Plot and the Exclusion Crisis
9. The Tory reaction
10. James II and the Church of England Men
11. James II and the Dissenters
12. James II and Rome
13. The missionary effort under James II
14. The opposition to James II.

Subject Areas: History [HB]