Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille, and Vaughan, Geraldine (eds). Anti-Catholicism in Britain and Ireland

Abstract

This collection of essays delves into the way in which expressions of anti-Catholicism have manifested themselves and been negotiated and countered in both discourse and the lived experience of British and Irish people from the early 17th century through to the contemporary period. As the editors explain in the introduction, although broadly influenced by the ‘cultural turn’ in scholarly enquiry, no attempt is made in the volume to square the conclusions reached by the authors with a particu...