This forceful and compact history shows how important political and economic forces were in the English Reformation. It is very informative and interesting reading and is excellent in helping the reader understand the crucial situation in the Church today.
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Refutes the many lies about the Inquisition raised by the enemies of the Church. Shows why it was instituted, the purpose it served, its long-term effects, and why it preserved Catholic countries from the infamous witch-hunts besmirching Protestant history.
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This may well be Belloc's most interesting work. It includes Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, St. Thomas More, Cranmer, Calvin, Mary Tudor ("Bloody Mary"), Mary Stuart ("Queen of Scots"), Cardinal Richelieu and many others--23 in all--analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, motives and mistakes and showing how this or that seemingly insignificant factor actually changed the course of history.
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A Complete History of the Catholic Church to the Present Day. From the beginning to 1940. Written for both students and adults. A story of the Church unparalleled in its scope, depth, variety and impact, and a book all Catholics should read.
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Perhaps the best known of Msgr. Benson's works, this novel has been reprinted many times since its publication in 1912. The drama and the characters therein have their basis in the real life account of a Catholic family—and of the sufferings of Catholics in general under— Elizabeth I of England.
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Cranmer’s Godly Order is a model of historical synthesis. Drawing upon the best of Catholic and Protestant scholarship and on primary sources (the Sarum Missal, the 1549 Book of Common Prayer, and the writings of the leading Protestant Reformers), Davies traces the steps by which the ancient Catholic Mass became the Lord’s Supper in the Church of England.
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Here the great Belloc shows that ever since the disaster of the Protestant Reformation, Western civilization (which was formed by the Catholic Faith) has been coming apart--since Calvinism opened the door to usury, unbridled competition, the domination of the mind by money, and ultimately the return of slavery. Belloc says our 2 choices are a return to Catholicism or chaos!
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Evelyn Waugh presented his biography of Blessed Edmund Campion, the Elizabethan poet, scholar and gentleman who became the haunted, trapped and murdered priest as “a simple, perfectly true story of heroism and holiness.” But it is written with a novelist's eye for the telling incident and with all the elegance and feeling of a master of English prose.
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A popular expose of his life and work, based on Protestant historians. Incredible history; fascinating, damning evidence about him that is quite contrary to the popular image. Many quotes from his own mouth. Essential history.
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Items included in Hilaire Belloc 9 Book Set : The Great Heresies, Characters of the Reformation, How The Reformation Happened, Essays of a Catholic, The Crisis Of Civilization, Europe and the Faith, Survivals and New Arrivals, The Crusades, and William The Conqueror.
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Though written by a Protestant (between 1824 and 1827), this book has been repeatedly reprinted by Catholic publishers because of the tremendous light it sheds on English history from Henry VIII (1509) thru George III (1820), showing that England was better off before the Reformation than after. Unabashedly pro-Catholic and a real eye-opener!
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At last, this is an accurate explanation of how Christendom suffered "shipwreck" in the Protestant Reformation. Traces the titanic conflict blow-by-blow from pre-Luther, through "The Flood," "The English Accident," and Calvin, showing the spiritual, military, political and financial struggles which had ended in a divided Europe by 1648. No educated person can ignore this book!
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The setting is in 16th-century England. The story revolves around the gradual destruction of the monasteries by King Henry VIII and the effects of this destruction on the priests, nuns, and families that held fast to the Faith of their Fathers.
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St. Thomas More is widely recognized as the good-humored Renaissance humanist scholar who wrote Utopia and two decades later died a martyr's death in defense of papal primacy. Yet More's sacrifice of his life was but the culminating act of a lifelong dedication to his faith. This work seeks to provide a new portrait of Thomas More by engaging upon a comprehensive exploration of More's books and letters, a veritable library of Catholic spirituality and Church doctrine.
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Hilaire Belloc called “Lepanto” Chesterton’s greatest poem and the greatest poem of his generation. But not only have English classes neglected this masterpiece of rhyme and meter, History classes have neglected the story of the pivotal battle upon which the poem is based. This book brings together the poem, the historical background of the famous battle, a riveting account of the battle itself, and a discussion of its historical consequences.
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There have been many books (plays and movies) of this great saint, but this book, written by St. Thomas More’s son-in-law, is the definitive one.
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[Publisher’s Note: This is one of the most extraordinary books I have ever read (and re-read and re-read) and I would venture to say that you will agree once you see and read this most precious and beautiful edition. It is with great happiness I now finally have the opportunity to republish this rare book in a special bonded leather edition. dlm]
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Walsh's greatest book--about Europe's most powerful king ever. But more, it is a panorama of the entire 16th century. Covers the birth of Protestantism and the secret efforts to undermine Catholic unity, the Huguenot wars in France, the Sack of Rome, Great Siege, Battle of Lepanto, Spanish Armada, Council of Trent, etc.; and, Henry VIII, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, St. Pius V, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Ignatius of Loyola, etc.
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Pope Pius VII (1800-1823). His life, times and struggle with Napoleon in the aftermath of the French Revolution.
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First written c. 1573. The "earliest, most trustworthy account" of the Reformation in England. Contains documentation that defies description, such as, that Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second "wife," was actually his illegitimate daughter. Later finished by Fr. Rishton, the whole ghastly story of the Protestant revolt in England.
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