Author: Brian Fothergill
Title: Nicholas Wiseman
Description: London, Faber and Faber Ltd, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth with pictorial dustjacket. Plates. 303p. Dustjacket shows signs of shelf wear but is in good condition. Otherwise a clean and tight book in very good condition. Appears to have been seldom read. Biography of prominent English Catholic Cardinal Wiseman, who did much to revive Catholicism in the UK and was instrumental in bridging the gap between the Oxford Movement and the Catholic Church. Notable figure in the early years of Pius IX's pontificate, when there were hopes that Pius IX would reach new agreements with the British hierarchy. Wiseman was the precursor to Cardinal Manning. .

Keywords: British Catholicism, Oxford Movement, Newman studies, 19th century Catholicism, Pius IX


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