English and Catholic: The Lords Baltimore in the Seventeenth Century
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to be English and Catholic was to face persecution, financial penalties, and sometimes death. Yet some English Catholics prospered, reconciling their faith and loyalty to their country. Among the most prominent was George Calvert, a talented and ambitious man who successfully navigated the politics of court and became secretary of state under King James I. A conforming Protestant from the age of twelve, Calvert converted back to Catholicism when a...
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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to be English and Catholic was to face persecution, financial penalties, and sometimes death. Yet some English Catholics prospered, reconciling their faith and loyalty to their country. Among the most prominent was George Calvert, an ambitious adventurer whose colonial enterprises eventually led to Maryland.In founding Maryland, Calvert and his son Cecil envisioned a prosperous society based on peaceful coexistence between Catholics and Protestants. English and Catholic traces the development of their "Maryland Designe," the earliest attempt at religious freedom in America."A well-written contribution to the history of the Calverts and the founding of Maryland." — Choice"A highly readable and engrossing story, and Krugler has vividly reconstructed and narrated it... An impressive achievement that sheds much light on the history of both colonial America and seventeenth-century England." — American Historical Review"The whole narrative is adroitly woven around a central theme of opposing polarities of religion and politics, state and church, conformity and dissent." — Journal of American History"This book has many virtues, not least as an account of the establishment of the only Catholic colony in colonial America, and the attempt to create a religiously pluralist society in an intolerant world." — English Historical Review"This meticulously researched and well-crafted work will stand as the definitive study on the Lords Baltimore." — Catholic Historical Review"A fine addition to the field... will be useful not only to students of early Maryland but those interested incourt politics, English Catholicism, and the development of religious toleration." — William and Mary QuarterlyJohn D. Krugler is a professor of history at Marquette University.
\ ChoiceA well-written contribution to the history of the Calverts and the founding of Maryland.\ \ \ \ \ William and Mary QuarterlyA fine addition to the field... will be useful not only to students of early Maryland but those interested in court politics, English Catholicism, and the development of religious toleration.\ — Owen Stanwood\ \ \ \ Catholic Historical ReviewThis meticulously researched and well-crafted work will stand as the definitive study on the Lords Baltimore.\ — Tricia T. Pyne\ \ \ \ \ \ Religious Studies ReviewKrugler's scholarship goes far to correct sectarian assessments of Catholic proprietorships in colonial Newfoundland and Maryland... A well-told tale of Catholic English court politics, impressively researched and cogently argued.\ — Mary Beth Lamb\ \ \ \ \ \ Archivum Historicum S.I.Anyone interested in the early history of Maryland should make certain to read Krugler's detailed examination of the first three Lords Baltimore and their radical experiment.\ — Jennifer Bryan\ \ \ \ \ \ Washington TimesAs Krugler reflects the complexity of history and weighs the magnitude of the Calverts' brief triumph, he sets some records straight.\ — Philip Kopper\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of American HistoryThe whole narrative is adroitly woven around a central theme of opposing polarities of religion and politics, state and church, conformity and dissent.\ — Michal J. Rozbicki\ \ \ \ \ \ English Historical ReviewThis book has many virtues, not least as an account of the establishment of the only Catholic colony in colonial America, and the attempt to create a religiously pluralist society in an intolerant world.\ — Keith Lindley\ \ \ \ \ \ American Historical ReviewThis valuable book is a study of the first three Lords Baltimore and their role as proprietors of Maryland, the only successful overseas colony developed by English Catholics during the seventeenth century... A highly readable and engrossing story, and Krugler has vividly reconstructed and narrated it... An impressive achievement that sheds much light on the history of both colonial America and seventeenth-century England.\ — David L. Smith\ \ \
