CATHOLIC RECORD SOCIETY: MISCELLANEA I, VOLUME 1

London: Catholic Record Society, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Gilt-stamped. xv, 349p. Folding plate facsimiles. Spine is somewhat sunfaded. Corners bumped. Edges of cover and spine are shelf worn. Otherwise a clean and tight book in very good condition. Item #141093

The Catholic Record Society (Registered Charity No. 313529), "the premier Catholic historical society in the United Kingdom", founded in 1904, is a scholarly society devoted to the study of Reformation and post-Reformation Catholicism in England and Wales. Particularly active members in its early years were Joseph Gillow, J. H. Pollen, and Joseph S. Hansom. The society was initially established as a text publication society, with the aim of publishing Catholic historical records. Only later did it become a more general historical society. It has been credited with making much otherwise obscure archival material more readily available.
This first volume of the society's publication activity archives a wide variety of documents from the late 16th century through the mid-19th century, including prison rolls, letters describing the change in Religion in England, letters describing martyrdom, and several family notes.

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