Middle Ages
The Lollards, Anglo-Saxon Church, Anglo-Saxon Church, The, Concession Of England To The Pope, England (Before the Reformation), Grant of Exemption from Taxation to Glastonbury, King Edgar and Church Reform, Popular Piety in 15th century Norfolk, Religion in Fifteenth-Century England, Religious Conflict in Fourteenth Century England, Sarum Rite
A Squire's Tale- The Story of Little Crosby
The story of a village in Lancashire UK and one family's struggle to survive the problems of being Recusant in Protestant 17th Century England. Audio excerpts need Real Audio 5.
Act Against Jesuits and Seminarists (1585)
Mandating the death penalty for English born Jesuits.
Bavarian Embassy Catholic Church
An online baptismal register from the Bavarian Embassy Catholic Chapel in Westminster during the Nineteenth Century.
Douay-Rheims: a Story of Faith
An article about the Douay-Rheims version of the Bible and its different revisions.
England (After 1558)
An article from the Catholic Encyclopedia on the relation of the post Reformation Catholic church to the English state.
English Reformation Sources
A list of pivotal documents regarding the Tudors' religious policies.
Erdington Abbey 1850-1876-2001
Article on the history of this Birmingham monastic establishment. PDF format.
Fox's Book of Martyrs
This book claimed to chronicle the suppression of English Protestants under the Catholic queen "Bloody Mary". It profoundly influenced the anti-Catholicism that became a defining mark British national identity.
History of Catholicism in England
A collection of open source Wikipedia articles on the history of the Catholic Church in England.
Lingard, John
English priest and prominent historian. From the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Mission Registers
A list of Mission Registers for England and Wales listing baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths etc. dating back as early as 1694 held in the Catholic Central Library in Westminster, London.
N.D. versus O.E: Anonymity's moral ambiguity
From "Criticism". A study of how the use of anonymity shaped Elizabethan Catholic apologetics.
Recusant Historian's Handbook
Full text of a book to help those studying the Catholic church during the "penal years".
Reorganization of the English Hierarchy
The restoration of the English Hierachy in 1850 was a milestone for English Catholics after the Penal Times. Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Suppression of Monasteries in England
A Catholic view of the suppression of the Monasteries by Henry VIII.
The Act Against Recusants (1593)
The recusants were Englishmen who would not take the Anglican eucharist - at this time they were almost entirely Catholic. This Act was the cornerstone of the "Penal Laws" which were to ensure that English Catholics would be a smaller religious minority than virtually any other Protestant nation.
The Re-establishment of the Catholic Hierarchy in
An essay on the effects of the re-establishment, which to Catholics marked a definitive end to the "Penal Years". From the Victorian Web.
The Recusant Group
A Yahoo! discussion group devoted to the study of English Catholic experience during the Penal Times between the Reformation and the Catholic Relief Act.