Oral culture and Catholicism in early modern England /

After the Reformation, England's Catholics were marginalised and excluded from using printed media for propagandist ends. Instead, they turned to oral media, such as ballads and stories, to plead their case and maintain contact with their community. Building on the growing interest in Catholic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shell, Alison
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > In literature.
Catholic Church.
1500-1799
Christian literature, English > Catholic authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Anti-Catholicism > England > History.
Oral tradition > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History > 16th century.
Oral tradition > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History > 17th century.
Oral tradition > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History > 18th century.
Oral tradition > England > History > 16th century.
Oral tradition > England > History > 17th century.
Oral tradition > England > History > 18th century.
Littérature chrétienne anglaise > Auteurs catholiques > Histoire et critique.
Anticatholicisme > Angleterre > Histoire.
Tradition orale > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Tradition orale > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Tradition orale > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Anti-Catholicism.
Christian literature, English > Catholic authors.
English literature > Early modern.
Literature.
Oral tradition.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbey ruins, sacrilege narratives and the Gothic imagination
  • Anti-popery and the supernatural
  • Answering back : orality and controversy
  • Martyrs and confessors in oral culture
  • Conclusion : orality, tradition and truth.

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