Catholic Church

Thomas Martin, Historica descriptio complectens vitam . . . (London, 1597)
Pen-and-ink drawing of William of Wykeham inserted before title page
��Ƶ Library, Oxford, BT1.132.17

��Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

14NCN4 (2020) McKeogh on Papists of ��Ƶ.pdf968.04 KB

The Long Reach of ��Ƶ’s Catholic Apologists

Christopher — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 01:02:25 +0000

The Long Reach of ��Ƶ’s Catholic Apologists

Robert Gullifer

Issue number

(2020): 14

Notes category

Roman Catholic Church

Nicholas Harpsfield

Nicholas Sander

16thC history

In the immediate wake of Henry VIII’s act of supremacy, New College was notable among the Oxford colleges for the continuing strength and quality of its humanist Catholic apologists. By the early years of Elizabeth I’s reign, most of these had gone abroad or had been imprisoned, and with them went a remarkable tradition of scholarship . . .

��Ƶ Library, Oxford, MS 311B

��Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

14NCN2 (2020) Gullifer on Catholic Apologists.pdf540.85 KB

Thomas Neal (c. 1519–c. 1590): Catholic, Priest, Scholar

Christopher — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:55:18 +0000

Thomas Neal (c. 1519–c. 1590): Catholic, Priest, Scholar

Thomas Neal

Issue number

(2020): 14

Notes category

Thomas Neal

Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

16thC history

Queen Elizabeth I

On 2 September 1566 Thomas Neal—Catholic, Hebraist, and ��Ƶ, Oxford fellow—was presented to Elizabeth I during her six-day visit to Oxford. Neal achieved many things in his life as a scholar. But most impressively of all, however, he remained faithful to his vocation as a Catholic priest in the most turbulent and dangerous times.

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I [detail], oil on panel (c. 1575)
By an unknown continental artist
NPG 2082 © National Portrait Gallery

National Portrait Gallery, London

14NCN1 (2020) Neal on Thomas Neal.pdf232.52 KB

��Ƶ and the Reformation

Christopher — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:40:30 +0000

��Ƶ and the Reformation

David Parrott

Issue number

(2018): 09

Notes category

��Ƶ history

16thC history

Reformation

Protestant Reformation

Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

Martin Luther

In 2017 we commemorated the fifth centenary of the protestant reformation—500 years since Martin Luther publicized his Ninety-Five Theses. In England, of course, the timing and form of the reformation was directly shaped by the anxieties and ambitions of one man: King Henry VIII. To one ��Ƶ man—William Warham, who was created a fellow of college in 1475—this was an issue that would define the last years of his career.

A 1527 portrait [detail] of William Warham (1450?–1532), by Hans Holbein the Younger

9NCN3 (2018) Parrott on ��Ƶ and the Reformation.pdf109.84 KB

Catholic Church

The Heretic Scribbler of ������Ƶ MS 319

The Heretic Scribbler of ������Ƶ MS 319

������Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

The Authorship of ������Ƶ MS 303

The Authorship of ������Ƶ MS 303

Ffyve hundreth, eight tymes tenn yn all. If ye can ioyne to gether well, By addyng thereto poynts vocall, The Authours name ye then ca[n] tell.

This provocative verse appears in ������Ƶ MS 303, a book of prose and poetry written by an Elizabethan Catholic.

������Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

The Papists of ������Ƶ: I

The Papists of ������Ƶ: I

������Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

The Long Reach of ������Ƶ’s Catholic Apologists

The Long Reach of ������Ƶ’s Catholic Apologists

������Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

Thomas Neal (c. 1519–c. 1590): Catholic, Priest, Scholar

Thomas Neal (c. 1519–c. 1590): Catholic, Priest, Scholar

National Portrait Gallery, London

������Ƶ and the Reformation

������Ƶ and the Reformation

The Heretic Scribbler of ��Ƶ MS 319

The Heretic Scribbler of ��Ƶ MS 319

��Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

The Authorship of ��Ƶ MS 303

The Authorship of ��Ƶ MS 303

Ffyve hundreth, eight tymes tenn yn all.
If ye can ioyne to gether well,
By addyng thereto poynts vocall,
The Authours name ye then ca[n] tell.

This provocative verse appears in ��Ƶ MS 303, a book of prose and poetry written by an Elizabethan Catholic.

��Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

The Papists of ��Ƶ: I

The Papists of ��Ƶ: I

��Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

The Long Reach of ��Ƶ’s Catholic Apologists

The Long Reach of ��Ƶ’s Catholic Apologists

��Ƶ Library and Archives, Oxford

��Ƶ and the Reformation

��Ƶ and the Reformation