Underwood, Lucy (2016) Persuading the queen's majesty's subjects from their allegiance : treason, reconciliation and confessional identity in Elizabethan England. Historical Research, 89 (244). pp. 246-267. doi:10.1111/1468-2281.12131 ISSN 0950-3471.

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Abstract

This article examines how political, theological and cultural factors formed confessional identity in Elizabethan England. It explores the rite of ‘reconciliation’ – usually the means by which Protestants converted to Catholicism – and its peculiar significance to English Catholics. The author argues that due to its illegal status in England, as well as the wider context of post‐Reformation Catholicism, reconciliation became blurred with auricular confession and was adapted into a rite of passage for lifelong Catholics as well as converts. Reconciliation illustrates how political conflicts shaped the religious culture of English Catholics; it is also a striking example of how religious groups respond to minority status, modifying their traditions in order to create and preserve collective identity.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Journal or Publication Title:	Historical Research
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0950-3471
Official Date:	May 2016
Dates:	Date Event May 2016 Published 23 January 2016 Available 2015 Accepted
Volume:	89
Number:	244
Page Range:	pp. 246-267
DOI:	10.1111/1468-2281.12131
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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