The Priest Hunters

Author : Colin Murphy
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 1847176062
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Priest Hunters written by Colin Murphy and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating investigation the lives of four priest hunters – Sean na Sagart, Edward Tyrrell, Barry Lowe and John Garzia. Ireland in the aftermath of Cromwell – during this period Catholicism and Irish nationalism became inexorably linked and priests were outlawed. The Priest Hunters shines a light on these men who hunted them. Sean naSagart was Irishman who was been condemned to death for horse stealing but was reprieved on condition he become a priest hunter. Edward Tyrrell was an English mercenary driven solely by greed. Barry Lowe indulged in such acts as tying a priest behind his horse and dragging him through the brush. John Garzia, who had fled the Spanish Inquisition, arrived in Ireland and evidently sought revenge hunting down priests. An incredible account of some of the most hated men in Ireland.

Author : Julie Buvyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Priest Hunters written by Julie Buvyer and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew Archdeacon
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020707674
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Priest Hunter written by Matthew Archdeacon and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in 16th century England, Bartolomew Hunt is tasked by the Vatican to track down and capture Catholic priests who are seen as traitors to the Crown. As Hunt carries out his bloody mission, he begins to question his own loyalty and the morality of his actions. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Matthew Archdeacon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Priest Hunter written by Matthew Archdeacon and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Gerard
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1586174509
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest written by John Gerard and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth is stranger than fiction. And nowhere in literature is it so apparent as in this classic work, "The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest." This autobiography of a Jesuit priest in Elizabethan England is a most remarkable document and John Gerard, its author, a most remarkable priest in a time when to be a Catholic in England courted imprisonment and torture; to be a priest was treason by act of Parliament. Smuggled into England after his ordination and dumped on a Norfolk beach at night, Fr. Gerard disguised himself as a country gentleman and traveled about the country saying Mass, preaching and ministering to the faithful in secret always in constant danger. The houses in which he found shelter were frequently raided by priest hunters; priest-holes, hide-outs and hair-breadth escapes were part of his daily life. He was finally caught and imprisoned, and later removed to the infamous Tower of London where he was brutally tortured. The stirring account of his escape, by means of a rope thrown across the moat, is a daring and magnificent climax to a true story which, for sheer narrative power and interest, far exceeds any fiction. Here is an accurate and compelling picture of England when Catholics were denied their freedom to worship and endured vicious persecution and often martyrdom. But more than the story of a single priest, "The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest" epitomizes the constant struggle of all human beings through the ages to maintain their freedom. It is a book of courage and of conviction whose message is most timely for our age.

Author : Henry Garnett
Publisher : Sophia Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1933184361
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossbows and Crucifixes written by Henry Garnett and published by Sophia Institute Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age Range: 10 and up. Author Henry Garnett brings to life the drama of a nation where unjust laws forced good men and women to choose between their country and their Faith.

Author : Matthew Archdeacon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780371925201
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Priest Hunter written by Matthew Archdeacon and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Author : Amy Chavez
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462923046
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Widow, The Priest and The Octopus Hunter written by Amy Chavez and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get to know the inhabitants of a tiny Japanese island--and their unusual stories and secrets--through this fascinating, intimate collection of portraits. "This book beautifully describes the residents of tiny Shiraishi Island as well as telling how Amy herself came to be in such a fascinating little corner of Japan…Amy herself, with this book, has shown herself an integral part of this preservation. --Rebecca Otowa, author of At Home in Japan When American journalist Amy Chavez moved to the tiny island of Shiraishi (population 430), she rented a house from an elderly woman named Eiko, who left many of her most cherished possessions in the house--including a portrait of Emperor Hirohito and a family altar bearing the spirit tablet of her late husband. Why did she abandon these things? And why did her tombstone later bear the name of a daughter no one knew? These are just some of the mysteries Amy pursues as she explores the lives of Shiraishi's elusive residents. The 31 revealing accounts in this book include: The story of 40-year-old fisherman Hiro, one of two octopus hunters left on the island, who moved back to his home island to fill a void left by his brother who died in a boating accident. A Buddhist priest, eighty-eight, who reflects on his childhood during the war years, witnessing fighter pilots hiding in bunkers on the back side of the island. A "pufferfish widow," so named because her husband died after accidentally eating a poisonous pufferfish. The ex-postmaster who talks about hiking over the mountains at night to deliver telegrams at a time when there were only 17 telephone numbers on the island. Interspersed with the author's reflections on her own life on the island, these stories paint an evocative picture of the dramatic changes which have taken place in Japanese society across nearly a century. Fascinating insights into local superstitions and folklore, memories of the war and the bombing of nearby Hiroshima, and of Shiraishi's heyday as a resort in the 1960s and 70s are interspersed with accounts of common modern-day problems like the collapse of the local economy and a rapidly-aging community which has fewer residents each year.

Author : Myles William Patrick O'Reilly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memorials of Those who Suffered for the Catholic Faith in Ireland in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries written by Myles William Patrick O'Reilly and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frédéric Laugrand
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782384065
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hunters, Predators and Prey written by Frédéric Laugrand and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, they discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered ‘prey par excellence’: the caribou, the seals and the whale, symbol of the whole. By giving precedence to Inuit categories such as ‘inua’ (owner) and ‘tarniq’ (shade) over European concepts such as ‘spirit ‘and ‘soul’, the book compares and contrasts human beings and animals to provide a better understanding of human-animal relationships in a hunting society.