Popery and Politics in England 1660}}}1688 [Paperback]

The reaction to James II's conversion to Catholicism, the fears it aroused and their background form the main theme of this book.In the reign of Charles II, over a century after the Protestant Reformation, England was faced with the prospect of a Catholic king when the King's brother, the future James II became a Catholic. The reaction to his conversion, the fears it aroused and their background form the main theme of this book.In the reign of Charles II, over a century after the Protestant Reformation, England was faced with the prospect of a Catholic king when the King's brother, the future James II became a Catholic. The reaction to his conversion, the fears it aroused and their background form the main theme of this book.In the reign of Charles II, over a century after the Protestant Reformation, England was faced with the prospect of a Catholic king when the King's brother, the future James II became a Catholic. The reaction to his conversion, the fears it aroused and their background form the main theme of this book.Introduction; 1. The Catholic laity; 2. England and Rome: the Catholic clergy; 3. The penal laws and their enforcement; 4. The development of the anti-Catholic tradition; 5. The Restoration settlement and after; 6. The French alliance and 'Catholicity'; 7. York and Danby; 8. The Popish Plot and the Exclusion Crisis; 9. The Tory reaction; 10. James II and the Church of England Men; 11. James II and the Dissenters; 12. James II and Rome; 13. The missionary effort under James II; 14. The opposition to James II.