Recusancy, from the latin recusare was the state of those who refused to attend anglican. Conlan with the publication of three new editions in the past five years, the raign ofking edward the third has reemerged as a prominent candidate for inclusion in the shakespeare canon. A study of the postreformation catholic survival and the operation of the recusancy laws download. The recusancy referred to those who refused to attend services of the established church of. Apr 21, 20 the number of recusants was very great, as may be seen by one instance adduced by j. C a m p i o n a short play for campion day by adrian porter sj this short play is intended for use in schools for the feast of st edmund campion sj which occurs on 1st december. The fortune theatre in cripplegate opened by henslowe and alleyn. Hence some contemporary oxfordshire or westminster official compiled a summary list of the countys recusants, and this is reproduced on page 148 of the book. Leatherbarrow in his the lancashire elizabethan recusants manchester, 1947, pp.
Page 9 this great work was founded on enormous piles, driven as closely as possible together. A reformation sourcebook download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. History of the presbyterian church in south carolina, volume 1. Downham, william dnb00 wikisource, the free online library. Pdf sixteenth century rare books on and by english. The parts can be subdivided to accommodate a larger number of performers. Still, to disobey a direct order in the field is no small matter in any circumstances, and especially in sparta. Fr herveys book, now in the archives at westminster, is a deligh t to read, and a great contribution to local history. Gcse history elizabethan age, 15581603 revision and exam. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. All future citations from this website include act and book title but not the website address. English recusants, rare books, history of censorship, elizabethan england. He is currently working on a booklength study of catholic. Feb 18, 20 and there is also a schedule containing the names of more than fifty recusants signed by grindal, bishop of london, cox of ely, and downham of chester, to which is appended a list of those who had eluded arrest, and of others imprisoned by their order in the fleet, the marshalsea, the counter, poultry, the counter, wood street, and the kings.
The volume as a whole is perhaps too dense and specialized to be of much use for teaching purposes as a student source. A study of english recusants under elizabeth, 15701595. When both pole and mary died on the same day in 1558, the throne was inherited by elizabeth, marking a restoration of the anglican church and permanent severing of ties to rome. Those who refused to comply were known as recusants, a word that comes from the latin verb recusare, meaning to refuse. Many catholics refused to change their allegiance from the pope to the queen and their refusal led to their being called recusants. Appears in 25 books from 18212006 page 10 commandments in the vulgar tongue, without exposition or addition of any manner sense or meaning to be applied or added.
Pdf amidst the pendulum of political and religious upheaval that pervaded. Additionally, shapiros consideration of the second piece of legislation, an act for the better discovering and repressing of popish recusants, contains the book s most compelling piece of archival evidence. The book contains a series of prescribed changes to canon law intended, in part, to ease the reattachment of a now catholic england to rome. Hansom in his preface to the list of convicted recusants in the reign of charles ii, where on one day 24 feb. In a special historical sense recusants were those roman catholics who refused to attend the service of common prayer. The english recusants a study of the postreformation catholic survival and the operation of the recusancy laws by brian magee. Other acts targeted catholic recusants, including statutes passed under james i and charles i, as well as laws defining other offences deemed to be acts of recusancy. The contribution of church history to evangelical models for public theology not universally accepted.
Transactions of the historic society of lancashire and. Durham quarter sessions rolls, 14711625, publications of the surtees society, vol. Owing to a lack of evidence, many events in elizabethan literary and theatrical. Gcse history elizabethan age, 15581603 revision and exam guide. This may be due to difficulties in reading the hand, which does exhibit some irregular letter forms.
The new prayer book helped this as the wording could be interpreted in different ways keeping both catholics and protestants happy. Joseph gillows account of the victims, will be found in the catholic record societys volume, miscellanea, v. English civil war 16401660 university of washington. It tells the story of how roman catholicism survived in berkshire and southern oxfordshire during the nearly 300 years between henry viiis break with rome and the passing of the catholic emancipation act in 1829. It will be observed that in the majority of cases a conviction was recorded, but that some of the accused contrived to defer sentence. Sixteenth century rare books on and by english recusants in the libraries of krakow. Ignatius in 1610 obviously printed for domestic use within the society has it on the titlepage, and the 1620 salvian just referred to printed to circulate in spain has it in a colophon. Jul 26, 2009 fleming, a keen birdwatcher, had a copy of a book on ornithology at goldeneye by an american named bond. Recusant literature usf scholarship repository university of. Click download or read online button to get a reformation sourcebook book now. History of the presbyterian church in south carolina, george howe. Pdf on dec 12, 2011, clarinda espino calma and others published the limits of the word. Aug 04, 2012 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
Xxi par, iti 1959 hampshire recusants in the time of elizabeth i, with special reference to winchester by john e. Jan 01, 2004 a companion to tudor britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole british isles. Cambridge university press puritans under elizabeth i and. The vast majority of recusants were roman catholics. If, as ludwig wittgenstein writes in his tractatus logico philo sophicus, the limits of ones language is the. Recusants were subject to various civil disabilities and penalties under english penal laws, most of which were repealed during the regency and the reign of george iv 181.
History of the presbyterian church in south carolina george. The 240 page a5 format paperback second edition of tony hadlands book can be bought here. One of the main reasons for the protestation was to ascertain the number, location and names of roman catholics in the country. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Alternatives open to recusants and puritans under elizabeth i and james i elliot rose excerpt more information. Specifically the recusants took aim at the notion of the laity exercising authority over the church whether from the throne or in parliament, and at the concept that england apart from the rest of the church at all times and in all places could order its rites, liturgies, sacraments, and creed. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Recusants dedicated catholics some protestants became violent in their enthusiasm for the changes in. Sixteenth century rare books on and by english recusants in the libraries of krakow find, read and cite. Divided among themselves in bitterly opposed factions. Alternatives open to recusants and puritans under elizabeth i and james i elliot rose. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content shakespeares edwardiii. An authoritative overview of scholarly debates about tudor britain. However, he already had the name in his mind because it was the name of a dorset family whom he had known of when at school.
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