Catholic Record Society

The Catholic Record Society (Registered Charity No. 313529), "the premier Catholic historical society in the United Kingdom",[1] founded in 1904, is a scholarly society devoted to the study of Reformation and post-Reformation Catholicism in England and Wales.[2] Particularly active members in its early years were Joseph Gillow, J. H. Pollen, and Joseph S. Hansom. The initial purpose of the society was to publish Catholic historical records.[3] Only later did it become a more general historical society. It has been credited with making much otherwise obscure archival material more readily available.[4]

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Conferences

A residential three-day conference is organized each year, at which the society's AGM takes place. For many years these took place at Plater College, Oxford. Regional one-day conferences are also organized.

Publications

The CRS publishes a journal, Recusant History, volumes of source material relating to Catholic history (CRS Records Series), and a series of monographs (CRS Monographs).

References

  1. ^ Miola, Robert S., ed (28 June 2007). Early Modern Catholicism: An Anthology of Primary Sources. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-19-925986-1. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=okJPU1niEMkC&lpg=PA8&dq=%22J.%20S.%20Hansom%22&lr&as_brr=3&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  2. ^ Europa Publications (18 September 2003). The World of Learning 2004 (54th ed.). London: Routledge. p. 1722. ISBN 978-1-85743-182-7. 
  3. ^ Thoyts, Emma Elizabeth; Martin, Charles Trice (1893). How to Decipher and Study Old Documents: Being a Guide to the Reading of Ancient Manuscripts. London: Elliot Stock. p. 155. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oqsGDXTZN-8C&lpg=RA1-PA155&dq=%22Catholic%20Record%20Society%22&lr&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is&as_brr=3&pg=RA1-PA155#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  4. ^ H. Aveling, "Some Aspects of Yorkshire Catholic Recusant History, 1558-1791", in Studies in Church History, vol. 4, edited by G. J. Cuming, (Brill Publishers, 1967), [ p. 100].

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