TRANSNATIONAL CATHOLICISM IN TUDOR ENGLAND : mobility, exile, and counter-reformation, 1530... -1580

"Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England details the relationship between transnational mobility and the development of Tudor Catholicism. Almost two hundred Catholics felt compelled to exile themselves from England rather than conform with the religious reformations inaugurated by Henry VIII and Edward VI. Frederick E. Smith explores how these émigrés' physical mobility reconfigured their relationships with the men and women they left behind, and how it forced them to develop new relationships with individuals they encountered abroad. It analyses how the experiences of mobility and displacement catalysed a shift in their religious identities, in some ways broadening but in others narrowing their understandings of what it meant to be 'Catholic.' The author examines the role of these émigrés as agents of religious exchange, circulating new doctrinal and devotional ideas throughout western Europe and forging new connections between them. By focussing particularly upon those individuals who subsequently returned to their homeland during Mary I's Catholic counter-reformation, the study also explores the lasting legacies of these émigrés' displacement and mobility, both for the émigrés themselves as they grappled with the difficulties of re-integration, but also for the broader development of English Catholicism. In this way, Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England deepens our understanding of the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which exile shapes religio-political identities, but also underlines the importance of international mobility as a crucial factor in the development of English Catholicism and the wider European Catholic Church over the mid sixteenth century" -- Provided by publisher Cover Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England: Mobility, Exile and Counter-Reformation, 1530–1580 Copyright Dedication Acknowledgements Table of Contents List of Abbreviations List of Figures Note on the Text Introduction Early Modern Exile and Mobility Exile, Internationalism and English Catholicism De-Centring the Counter-Reformation Henrician and Edwardian Catholic Émigrés Sources and Approach PART I: DEPARTURE 1: Motivations for Leaving 1.1 Near-Contemporary Histories 1.2 Personal Exile Accounts 1.3 Government Sources 1.4 A Disorderly Exit 1.5 Conclusion PART II: TRANSLATION 2: Theologies and Spiritualitiesin Translation 2.1 Translations Across Time 2.2 Translations Across Space 2.3 Translations Across ‘Confessions’ 2.4 Conclusion 3: Exile, Radicalisation and Reconciliation 3.1 A Widening Rift 3.2 The Exile Effect 3.3 Conclusion PART III: REPATRIATION 4: Life after Exile 4.1 Homecoming Heroes? 4.2 Exile and Disloyalty 4.3 The Myth of Banishment 4.4 Conclusion 5: Agents of the MarianCounter-Reformation 5.1 Means and Motivation 5.2 Enforcing Papal Obedience 5.3 Reforming Piety and Spirituality 5.3.1 Print and Pulpit 5.3.2 Reforming the Clergy 5.3.3 Restoring Monasticism 5.4 The ‘Protestant Problem’ 5.5 Conclusion PART IV: LEGACIES 6: Elizabethan Legacies 6.1 Elizabethan Catholic Exile 6.2 Devotional Practices 6.3 The Question of Conformity 6.4 Catholic Reform 6.5 Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Archival Sources Cambridge, University Library Cambridge, St John’s College Cambridge, Trinity College Hertfordshire, Hatfield House London, British Library London, Inner Temple London, National Archives Lucca, Archivio di Stato Oxford, Bodleian Library Rome, Archivum Venerabilis Collegii Anglorum de Urbe St Andrews, University Library Vatican City, Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vatican City, Rome, Archivio Segreto Vaticano Westminster, Parliamentary Archives Printed Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index "Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England details the relationship between transnational mobility and the development of Tudor Catholicism. Almost two hundred Catholics felt compelled to exile themselves from England rather than conform with the religious reformations inaugurated by Henry VIII and Edward VI. Frederick E. Smith explores how these émigrés' physical mobility reconfigured their relationships with the men and women they left behind, and how it forced them to develop new relationships with individuals they encountered abroad. It analyses how the experiences of mobility and displacement catalysed a shift in their religious identities, in some ways broadening but in others narrowing their understandings of what it meant to be 'Catholic.' The author examines the role of these émigrés as agents of religious exchange, circulating new doctrinal and devotional ideas throughout western Europe and forging new connections between them. By focussing particularly upon those individuals who subsequently returned to their homeland during Mary I's Catholic counter-reformation, the study also explores the lasting legacies of these émigrés' displacement and mobility, both for the émigrés themselves as they grappled with the difficulties of re-integration, but also for the broader development of English Catholicism. In this way, Transnational Catholicism in Tudor England deepens our understanding of the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which exile shapes religio-political identities, but also underlines the importance of international mobility as a crucial factor in the development of English Catholicism and the wider European Catholic Church over the mid sixteenth century" -- Provided by publisher Abstract This is a book about the relationship between transnational mobility and the development of Tudor Catholicism. Almost two hundred Catholics felt compelled to exile themselves from England rather than conform with the religious reformations inaugurated by Henry VIII and Edward VI. This book explores how these émigrés’ physical mobility reconfigured their relationships with the men and women they left behind, and how it forced them to develop new relationships with individuals they encountered abroad. It analyses how the experiences of mobility and displacement catalysed a shift in their religious identities, in some ways broadening but in others narrowing their understandings of what it meant to be ‘Catholic’. And, it examines the role of these émigrés as agents of religious exchange, circulating new doctrinal and devotional ideas throughout western Europe and forging new connections between them. By focussing particularly upon those individuals who subsequently returned to their homeland during Mary I’s Catholic Counter-Reformation, this book also explores the lasting legacies of these émigrés’ displacement and mobility, both for the émigrés themselves as they grappled with the difficulties of re-integration, but also for the broader development of English Catholicism. In this way, this book deepens our understanding of the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which exile could shape religio-political identities, but also underlines the importance of international mobility as a crucial factor in the development of English Catholicism and the wider European Catholic Church over the mid sixteenth century.