Although commonly regarded as a prejudice against Roman Catholics
and their religion, anti-popery is both more complex and far more
historically significant than this common conception would suggest.
As the essays collected in this volume demonstrate, anti-popery is
a powerful lens through which to interpret the culture and politics
of the British-American world. In early modern England, opposition
to tyranny and corruption associated with the papacy could spark
violent conflicts not only between Protestants and Catholics but
among Protestants themselves. Yet anti-popery had a capacity for
inclusion as well and contributed to the growth and stability of
the first British Empire. Combining the religious and political
concerns of the Protestant Empire into a powerful (if occasionally
unpredictable) ideology, anti-popery affords an effective framework
for analyzing and explaining Anglo-American politics, especially
since it figured prominently in the American Revolution as well as
others. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, written by scholars
from both sides of the Atlantic working in history, literature, art
history, and political science, the essays in Against Popery cover
three centuries of English, Scottish, Irish, early American, and
imperial history between the early sixteenth and early nineteenth
centuries. More comprehensive, inclusive, and far-reaching than
earlier studies, this volume represents a major turning point,
summing up earlier work and laying a broad foundation for future
scholarship across disciplinary lines. Contributors: Craig
Gallagher, Boston College * Tim Harris, Brown University * Clare
Haynes, University of East Anglia * Susan P. Liebell, St. Joseph's
University * Brendan McConville, Boston University * Anthony
Milton, Sheffield University* Andrew Murphy, Rutgers University *
Laura M. Stevens, University of Tulsa * Cynthia J. Van Zandt,
University of New Hampshire * Peter Walker, University of Wyoming *
Gregory Zucker, Rutgers University
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