The Anti-Romanism of Sir Richard Steele as Seen in His Complete Writings
Abstract
It is quite impossible to present alone the religious background for Steele's writings. Religion was so involved in the politics of the age, including foreign affairs, that an historical background of the period must necessarily be included for a complete treatment of Steele's anti-Roman writings. It was a time when the term "Roman Catholic" set up, in the minds of many, instant and horrible images of the Stuart regime; when Protestantism argued the succession to the throne of England of the House of Hanover; and when Tories and High-Church Anglicans seemed ever in coalition against Whigs and non-Conformists. One might almost say that the religious and historical elements were one, so interfused and overlapping were they. What was the war between royal dynasties might easily be called the war of religions.
Subject Area
Theater|Religion|British and Irish literature
Recommended Citation
Lynch, James J, "The Anti-Romanism of Sir Richard Steele as Seen in His Complete Writings" (1946). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28508808.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28508808
