Correspondence of John Carroll and Charles Plowden, 1779–1816
Regular price
€88.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Charles Plowden
A01=John Carroll
Author_Charles Plowden
Author_John Carroll
Category=DND
Category=NHD
Category=NHK
Category=QRM
Category=QRMB
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Product details
- ISBN 9780813239620
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jul 2025
- Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
The correspondence between Bishop John Carroll and Fr. Charles Plowden offers an "insiders'" look at the establishment of the Catholic Church in the United States and the circumstances of the project of bringing about English Catholic emancipation. Carroll was the chief architect of the former; Plowden was a spirited, and public, and published, participant in the latter. Their correspondence is filled with details about their activities, and mutual encouragement, as each of these ex-Jesuits encountered the upheavals precipitated by wars (American Revolution, French Revolution, Napoleonic); the contemporary intellectual, theological, philosophical challenges of the Enlightenment and Age of Reason; anti-Catholic (and anti-Jesuit) sentiment and prejudices; the long wait for renewal of the Society of Jesus; the situation (and prerogatives) of the papacy; and the vagaries of early modern postal service.
The Carroll side of this correspondence has been printed (although not completely accurately), but the Plowden side, far more strident and provocative, has mostly been unnoticed. Plowden's letters, and published writings, with Carroll's comments on them all, provide significant insights into the intricacies of the English Catholic excitement, including internal tensions, accompanying the early modern crusade for religious emancipation in Britain.
The Carroll side of this correspondence has been printed (although not completely accurately), but the Plowden side, far more strident and provocative, has mostly been unnoticed. Plowden's letters, and published writings, with Carroll's comments on them all, provide significant insights into the intricacies of the English Catholic excitement, including internal tensions, accompanying the early modern crusade for religious emancipation in Britain.
Thomas W. Jodziewicz is distinguished professor emeritus of the Department of History at the University of Dallas.
