Charles I and the Popish Plot

Caroline M. Hibbard

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9780807896846, 9780807815205
• eBook ISBN: 9781469619668
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

Hibbard begins by setting court Catholicism in the context of English court alignments on domestic and foreign policy. She then describes public reaction to royal policy and court Catholicism and the use parliamentary leaders made of anti-Catholicism from 1640 to 1642. In this first study to focus on both the perceptions and the reality of popish plotting,“ Hibbard concludes that behind the exaggerated claims lay genuine anxieties that historians should begin to take seriously.”

Originally published 1983.

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Dedication Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Note on Spelling and Dates
• Chapter 1. Popish Plotting in Perspective
• Chapter 2. The English Court in 1636
• Chapter 3. Court Catholicism and the Role of George Con
• Chapter 4. The Catholic Party and English Foreign Policy
• Chapter 5. The Catholics and the Scottish Crisis
• Chapter 6. Catholic Action and the First Bishops’ War
• Chapter 7. The Failure of Reform: From War to War
• Chapter 8. The Long Parliament and the Popish Plot: Part 1
• Chapter 9. The Long Parliament and the Popish Plot: Part II
• Chapter 10. Popish Plotting in Retrospect
• Appendix: The Plot Tradition and Civil War Historiography
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index