Catholicism in Eighteenth-Century England Essays -- European Europe Hi

Catholicism in Eighteenth-Century England February hath XXVIII Days Rouze, Protestants, the Year of Wonder’s gone, Incredible George is presently establish’d on the Throne; A Mighty Prince, by God for us prepar’d, Us to safeguard from Dangers extraordinarily fear’d; From Popery the Devil’s incredible Master Fear, Where Men are Slaves, and Priests their Gods do eat . . . (Mullan and Reid 2000, 173) This sonnet, distributed in John Partridge’s chronicle Merlinus Liberatus for 1717, shows the basic inclination among the English Protestants towards Catholics. The term â€Å"Popery† was really an antagonistic term for anything identifying with Catholicism (Popery). Albeit numerous different nations in Europe were advancing toward progressively present day, common governments, the English were not set up to relinquish old partialities so without any problem. One of the issues among Protestants and Catholics in England was that the â€Å"self-picture of the protestant world class contained strict convention and fortunate history, yet established hypothesis and a worry for social and monetary improvement; the Catholic case spoke to a test in each of these areas† (McBride 2003). During the eighteenth century, Protestants in England felt that they had suffered oppression from the Catholics thus legitimized their disdain and narrow mindedness. This conclusion can be found in against Catholic writing distributed during this period. The Kalendar, of the Cruelties of the Papists to Protestants likewise from 1717, reports: July. Altho the Weather in this month was blistering, yet the Persecution of poor Protestants by the Papists was a lot more sultry, as you may see by following List of Martyrs who experienced blazing Trials, since they would not turn Papists and ... ... 1882. MacCaffrey, Rev. James. From the Renaissance to the French Revolution. History of the Catholic Church, 2000. [cited November 19, 2003]. Accessible from World Wide Web: (http://catholicity.elcore.net/MacCaffery/HCCRFR2_Chapter%2005.html) McBride, Ian. The Language of Liberty 1660-1822; Anti-Catholicism in eighteenth Century England; and Catholicism in a Protestant Kingdom. History Today, 2003. [cited November 18, 2003] Available from World Wide Web: (http://www.historytoday.com/index.cfm?articleid=16961) Mullen, John and Christopher Reid, Ed. Eighteenth-Century Popular Culture. Oxford: University Press, 2000. Popery. Oxford English Dictionary [online], 2000. [cited on November 17, 2003]. Oxford: University Press, 1989. Woloch, Isser. Eighteenth-Century Europe: Tradition and Progress, 1715-1789. Norton and Company Press: New York, 1982.