Persuading the queen's majesty's subjects from their allegiance: treason, reconciliation and confessional identity in Elizabethan England
This article examines how political, theological and cultural factors formed confessional identity in Elizabethan England. It explores the rite of ‘reconciliation’ – usually the means by which Protestants converted to Catholicism – and its peculiar significance to English Catholics. The author argue...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Historical research. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987. - 89(2016), 244, Seite 246-267 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2016
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Historical research |
| Schlagworte: | Religion & politics Catholicism European history Reconciliation Treason |
| Zusammenfassung: | This article examines how political, theological and cultural factors formed confessional identity in Elizabethan England. It explores the rite of ‘reconciliation’ – usually the means by which Protestants converted to Catholicism – and its peculiar significance to English Catholics. The author argues that due to its illegal status in England, as well as the wider context of post‐Reformation Catholicism, reconciliation became blurred with auricular confession and was adapted into a rite of passage for lifelong Catholics as well as converts. Reconciliation illustrates how political conflicts shaped the religious culture of English Catholics; it is also a striking example of how religious groups respond to minority status, modifying their traditions in order to create and preserve collective identity. |
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| ISSN: | 0950-3471 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1468-2281.12131 |