Table of Contents

Preface
A Note on Spelling and Dates
Introduction: "A man is not English who gives first allegiance elsewhere": Reconciling National and Religious Loyalties in an Age of Uniformity
1. "There should be a correspondence betwixt the Church and the State": Uniformity, the Penal Legislation, and the Early Stuarts
2. "Conformitie to the form of service of God now established": Building a Career at Court (1580–1620)
3. "But by God's help many have been lifted out of the mire of corruption": George Calvert's Conversion and Resignation (1621–1625)
4. "Upon this new shuffle of the packe": The Catholic Lord Baltimore in Ireland and Newfoundland (1625–1629)
5. "If your Majesty will please to grant me a precinct of land with such priviledges as the king your father my gracious Master was pleased to graunt me": Securing the Charter (1629–1632)
6. "Such a designe when rightly understood will not want undertakers": Selling Lord Baltimore's Vision (1632–1638)
7. "With free liberty of religion": The Calvert Model for Church-State Relations (1633–1655)
8. "The People there cannot subsist & continue in peace and safety without som good Government": A Second Testing of Religious Freedom (1653–1676)
9. "Scandalous and offensive to the Government": The "Popish Chappel" at St. Mary's City and the End of Religious Freedom (1676–1705)
Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Works
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

About the Author

John D. Krugler is an associate professor of history at Marquette University.

Reviews

A well-written contribution to the history of the Calverts and the founding of Maryland. Choice A fine addition to the field... will be useful not only to students of early Maryland but those interested in court politics, English Catholicism, and the development of religious toleration. -- Owen Stanwood William and Mary Quarterly This meticulously researched and well-crafted work will stand as the definitive study on the Lords Baltimore. -- Tricia T. Pyne Catholic Historical Review Krugler's scholarship goes far to correct sectarian assessments of Catholic proprietorships in colonial Newfoundland and Maryland... A well-told tale of Catholic English court politics, impressively researched and cogently argued. -- Mary Beth Lamb Religious Studies Review Anyone interested in the early history of Maryland should make certain to read Krugler's detailed examination of the first three Lords Baltimore and their radical experiment. -- Jennifer Bryan Archivum Historicum S.I. As Krugler reflects the complexity of history and weighs the magnitude of the Calverts' brief triumph, he sets some records straight. -- Philip Kopper Washington Times The whole narrative is adroitly woven around a central theme of opposing polarities of religion and politics, state and church, conformity and dissent. -- Michal J. Rozbicki Journal of American History This book has many virtues, not least as an account of the establishment of the only Catholic colony in colonial America, and the attempt to create a religiously pluralist society in an intolerant world. -- Keith Lindley English Historical Review This valuable book is a study of the first three Lords Baltimore and their role as proprietors of Maryland, the only successful overseas colony developed by English Catholics during the seventeenth century... A highly readable and engrossing story, and Krugler has vividly reconstructed and narrated it... An impressive achievement that sheds much light on the history of both colonial America and seventeenth-century England. -- David L. Smith American Historical Review This book nuances our understanding of the ways in which religious affiliation might affect elite families. It also complicates our understanding of early colonial politics and organization. -- Jerome de Groot H-Atlantic, H-Net Reviews