Catholic Record Society Conference 2014
Over at East Anglian Catholic History Centre I have been blogging the 2014 Catholic Record Society Conference, which ran from Monday to Wednesday this week. Rather than repeating myself here, … Continue reading
England’s Catholic Genius: Thomas White, 1592-1676
Yesterday I travelled down to Brentwood in order to deliver a paper to the Essex Recusant Society on one of Essex’s great Catholic sons, the philosopher and theologian Thomas White. … Continue reading
The Roman Catholic Church and Spiritualism in World War One
The latest issue of the magazine of the Society for Psychical Research, Paranormal Review, is dedicated to the subject of World War One and the paranormal. Every historian seems to … Continue reading
Review of Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Britain
My review of Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Britain, a volume of essays edited by Jessica Martin and Alec Ryrie, has just appeared in the latest issue of … Continue reading
Book reviewed in The Sixteenth Century Journal
English Catholics and the Supernatural, 1553-1829 has recently been reviewed in The Sixteenth Century Journal by Dr Ted Booth of Lincoln Memorial University. Dr Booth observes that my conclusions ‘add … Continue reading