Rome and Irish Catholicism in the Atlantic World, 1622-1908

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Binasco, Matteo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World
• Subjects: World history.; Religion-History.; Great Britain-History.; America-History.; Catholic Church.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; History of Religion.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of the Americas.; Catholicism.

This book builds upon research on the role of Catholicism in creating and strengthening a global Irish identity, complementing existing scholarship by adding a 'Roman perspective'. It assesses the direct agency of the Holy See, its role in the Irish collective imagination, and the extent a...