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The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland, and England 1541-1588
âOur Way of Proceeding?â
Series: - Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Volume: 60
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This volume is the first comprehensive study of the work of the Society of Jesus in the British Isles during the sixteenth century. Beginning with an account of brief papal missions to Ireland (1541) and Scotland (1562), it goes on to cover the foundation of a permanent mission to England (1580) and the frustration of Catholic hopes with the failure of the Spanish Armada (1588).
Throughout the book, the activities of the Jesuits - preaching, propaganda, prayer and politics - are set within a wider European context, and within the framework of the Society's Constitutions.
In particular, the sections on religious life and involvement in diplomacy show how flexibly the Jesuits adapted their "way of proceeding" to the religious and political circumstances of the British Isles, and to the demands of the Counter-Reformation.
Throughout the book, the activities of the Jesuits - preaching, propaganda, prayer and politics - are set within a wider European context, and within the framework of the Society's Constitutions.
In particular, the sections on religious life and involvement in diplomacy show how flexibly the Jesuits adapted their "way of proceeding" to the religious and political circumstances of the British Isles, and to the demands of the Counter-Reformation.
Thomas M. McCoog, S.J., Ph.D. (1984) in History, University of Warwick, divides his time between the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome, and London where he is archivist of the British Jesuit province. Among his publications are two volumes of the Monumenta Angliae (Rome, 1992).
All those interested in early modern European history, Catholic Reformation and Counter-Reformation, especially the Society of Jesus, as well as students of Elizabethan literature, and of early modern Catholic spirituality.