Popist as an enemy. The perception of Catholics in Great Britain during the reign of Queen Anne in the light of British journalism

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https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-6050.106.03

Keywords:

Queen Anne, Catholicism, image of the Catholics, religion

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the image of catholic in the English journalistic works in the time of Queen Anne. The work has been analysed the pamphlets and the articles in the newspapers. Catholics were described as popery, papist, or popist. They were depicted in the negative light as heretics or schismatics. Catholicism was bound also with the risk of tyranny of the Pope.

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Author Biography

  • Magdalena Makówka, Uniwersytet Łódzki

    mgr Magdalena Makówka – doktorantka Studiów Doktoranckich Nauk Humanistycznych na Wydziale Filozoficzno-Historycznym Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. Zainteresowania badawcze: monarchia Habsburgów w epoce nowożytnej, historii Anglii i Wielkiej Brytanii w XVI–XVIII stuleciu.

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Published

2020-04-30

How to Cite

Makówka, Magdalena. 2020. “Popist As an Enemy. The Perception of Catholics in Great Britain During the Reign of Queen Anne in the Light of British Journalism”. Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Historica, no. 106 (April): 29-38. https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-6050.106.03.