Although commonly regarded as a prejudice against Roman Catholics and their religion, anti-popery is both more complex and far more historically significant than this common conception would suggest.
As the essays collected in this volume demonstrate, anti-popery is a powerful lens through which to interpret the culture and politics of the British-American world.
In early modern England, opposition to tyranny and corruption associated with the papacy could spark violent conflicts .
University Of Virginia Press Against popery: britain, empire, and anti-catholicism, hardcover/evan haefeli
