Rome and Irish Catholicism in the Atlantic World, 16221908 [Hardcover]

This book builds upon research on the role of Catholicism in creating and strengthening a global Irish identity, complementing existing scholarship by adding a Roman perspective. It assesses the direct agency of the Holy See, its role in the Irish collective imagination, and the extent and limitations of Irish influence over the Holy Sees policies and decisions. Revealing the centrality of the Holy See in the development of a series of missionary connections across the Atlantic world and Rome, the chapters in this collection consider the formation, causes and consequences of these networks both in Ireland and abroad. The book offers a long dur?e perspective, covering both the early modern and modern periods, to show how Irish Catholicism expanded across continental Europe and over the Atlantic across three centuries. It also offers new insights into the history of Irish migration, exploring the position of the Irish Catholic clergy in Atlantic communities of Irish migrants. 

1: Introduction: Rome and Irish Catholicism in the Atlantic World. A Roman Perspective; Matteo Binasco

Part I. Irish Catholicism  and the Atlantic World

2: The Irish in the Iberian Atlantic and Rome: Globalized Individuals and the Rise of Transatlantic Networks of Information; Igor P?rez Tostado

3: Rome as Part of the Irish North Atlantic Experience, 1770-1830; Luca Codignola

4: Language, Ethnicity, and Region: Rome and the Struggle for Dominance of the Canadian Catholic Church,17851930; Terrence Murphy

5: Irish Question or Irish Connection? Irish Catholics in North America through the Roman Lens; Matteo Sanfilippo

Part II. The Irish Clergy in Rome

6: The Urbs and Hibernia . Missionary Connections between the Irish Community of Rome and Ireland in the Seventeenth Century; Matteo Binasco

7: The Irish Franciscan l*