The Society of Jesus in Ireland, Scotland, and England, 1598-1606 : : lest our lamp be entirely extinguished / / by Thomas M. McCoog, S.J.

• Superior document: Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700, Volume 78
• VerfasserIn: McCoog, Thomas M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700 ; Volume 78.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (612 pages).

In 1598, Jesuit missions in Ireland, Scotland, and England were either suspended, undermanned, or under attack. With the Elizabethan government’s collusion, secular clerics hostile to Robert Persons and his tactics campaigned in Rome for the Society’s removal from the administration of continental English seminaries and from the mission itself. Continental Jesuits alarmed by the English mission’s idiosyncratic status within the Society, sought to restrict the mission’s privileges and curb its independence. Meanwhile the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, the subject that dared not speak its name, had become a more pressing concern. One candidate, King James VI of Scotland, courted Catholic support with promises of conversion. His peaceful accession in 1603 raised expectations, but as the royal promises went unfulfilled, anger replaced hope.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 “Apostata Jesuits, Apostata Secular Priests”: Ongoing Domestic Discontent, 1598-1600 -- 2 Peace Unattained: 1598-1600 -- 3 “Havinge holines in there mouthes but wickednes in there heartes”: English Jesuits on the Defensive, 1601-1602 -- 4 Down but Not Out: English Jesuit Setbacks, 1601-1602 -- 5 “Your Redemption is at Hand”: The Passing of the Old Regime, 1603-1605 -- Conclusion: The Character of Elizabethan Jesuitism -- Bibliography -- Index.