The Virgin Mary and Religious Conflict in Victorian Britain

Singleton, John

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“…In England and Wales, the figure of the Virgin Mary was used to create 'corporate identity' via confraternities and to express connection to Rome, one of the chief reasons her cult was so vehemently opposed by anti-Catholics. 39 Pre-Reformation pilgrimage sites also served the purpose of rooting Catholicism in England, highlighting its historical traditions. This came at a time of growing interest in England's past, and a particular strain of nostalgia which looked back to pre-Industrial England as something of an ideal.…”

Section: Pilgrimages In Honour Of the Virgin Mary And Pre-reformation Saintsmentioning

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The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom and Pilgrimage in England and Wales, c. 1890–1914

Hurlock¹

2021

Br. Cathol. Hist.

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The growth in Catholic pilgrimage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century is widely acknowledged, but little attention has been paid to how and why many of the mass pilgrimages of the era began. This article will assess the contribution made by the Guild of Our Lady of Ransom to the growth of Catholic pilgrimage. After the Guild’s foundation in 1887, its leadership revived or restored pilgrimages to pre- and post-Reformation sites, and coordinated the movement of thousands of pilgrims across the country. This article offers an examination of how and why Guild leaders chose particular locations in the context of Marian Revivalism, papal interest in the English martyrs, defence of the Catholic faith, and late-nineteenth century medievalism. It argues that the Guild was pivotal in establishing some of England’s most famous post-Reformation pilgrimages. In doing so, it situates the work of the Guild in late nineteenth and early twentieth century religiosity, and demonstrates the pivotal nature of its work in establishing, developing, organising, and promoting some of the most important post-Reformation Catholic pilgrimages in Britain.

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Section: Pilgrimages In Honour Of the Virgin Mary And Pre-reformation Saintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom and Pilgrimage in England and Wales, c. 1890–1914

Hurlock¹

2021

Br. Cathol. Hist.

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The Paradigmatic Angel in the House: The Virgin Mary and Victorian Anglicans

Engelhardt¹

1998

Women of Faith in Victorian Culture

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Protestants Against the Jewish and Catholic Family, C. 1829 to C. 1860

Burstein

2003

Victorian Literature and Culture

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A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN exhorts a young Jewish woman to tell her father of her conversion, and reminds her of Matthew 10.37: “He that loveth father and mother more than me, is not worthy of me” (Ball 36). A Roman Catholic priest rebukes a young woman who worries that a monastic vocation would be disloyal to her mother, and reminds her too of Matthew 10.37: “I must choose between God and my mother. I could not serve both; and if I made choice of the latter, I would lose my immortal soul, and be damned, quoting the passage, ‘whoever loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy to be my disciple” (O'Gorman 12–13). The same Biblical text – yet each polemicist appropriates it for noticeably different ends. In the first case, the danger lies not in young Thirza's own rejection of her father but his rejection of her; his anti-Christian sentiments have negated in advance her own challenge to his authority. But in the second, Edith O'Gorman faces a church hierarchy that equates familial affection with demonic evil. Whereas the Jewish convert mournfully recognizes that her decision may alienate her parents, the would-be nun must actively repudiate her own family.

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The Virgin Mary and Religious Conflict in Victorian Britain

Cited by 6 publications

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The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom and Pilgrimage in England and Wales, c. 1890–1914

The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom and Pilgrimage in England and Wales, c. 1890–1914

The Paradigmatic Angel in the House: The Virgin Mary and Victorian Anglicans

Protestants Against the Jewish and Catholic Family, C. 1829 to C. 1860

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