Catholic Devotion in Victorian England

by Mary Heimann

Overview

This is a scholarly reassessment of English Roman Catholic piety at grass-roots level in Victorian England. Heimann's study offers a controversial analysis of the influence of long-established recusant practices and attitudes in the new context of the re-establishment of Roman Catholicism in England from the mid-nineteenth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198205975
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/26/1995
Series:	Oxford Historical Monographs
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.63(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.97(d)
Lexile:	1800L (what's this?)

About the Author

Newnham College, Cambridge

Editorial Reviews

"Thoroughly researched and coherently written, this book will become a crucial marker in English Catholic historiography."—History

"Mary Heimann's study of Catholic devotion in England between 1850 and 1914 is a well-researched, readable and informative work."—Victorian Studies

"...A model of what a historical monograph should be."—The Albion

"The strength of this work lies thus in its material and its methodology. The hard archival work has been done: no catechism unread, no rosary group unvisited. More important, Heimann preserves the integrity of the material from crude reductionism."—American Historical Review

"The book is a fine one. The very complexity of its subject matter should incite other scholars to further research and dialogue."—The Catholic Historical Review

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