|
|
Article: Popular Anti-Catholicism in Mid-Victorian England.
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of History
- Article date:
- December 1, 1993
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Canadian Journal of History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
In this book, D.G. Paz explores the reasons "ordinary people" in mid-Victorian England had for becoming anti-Catholics. He argues that anti-Catholicism was a complicated phenomenon that served a number of social, political, and theological purposes for particular groups and localities. Paz also denies that Roman Catholics were passive victims, pointing out that their theological and political militance provoked a Protestant reaction. In making this case, Paz distinguishes anti-Catholicism from anti-Irish sentiment, and he does so by studying the former in its local and regional manifestations.
Paz takes the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in September ...