The Catholics: The Church and Its People in Britain and Ireland, from the Reformation to the Present Day

by Roy Hattersley

Book Overview

The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history - 'a first-class storyteller' The Times

Throughout the three hundred years that followed the Act of Supremacy - which, by making Henry VIII head of the Church, confirmed in law the breach with Rome - English Catholics were prosecuted, persecuted and penalised for the public expression of their faith. Even after the passing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099587548
• ISBN13: 9780099587545
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"