Radical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Radical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022
By (Author) Dr Liam Temple
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
T.& T.Clark Ltd
19th February 2026
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
Religious mission and Religious Conversion
History of religion
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
This incisive work offers the first comprehensive analysis of the history of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Britain. Drawing on previously closed archives, this book dives into their origins and their presence in Britain as missionaries between the Reformation and the French Revolution. It then explores the establishment of a permanent province from the 1850s onward. Using manuscripts, letters, diaries, logbooks, mission reports, and unpublished accounts, this book explores how the Capuchin archives bring new perspective on a range of important historical moments, including nineteenth century anti-Catholicism, Catholic emancipation and the rebuilding of Catholicism in Britain, both World Wars, the impact of Vatican II, and the decline of the religious orders in Britain in recent decades.
Author Bio
Liam Temple is Capuchin Fellow in the History of Catholicism at Durham University, UK
