A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland; Showing How that Event Has Impoverished the Main Body of the People in Those Countries; and Containing a List of the Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, and Other Religious Foundations in England, and Wales, and Ireland, Confiscated, Seized on, or Alienated, by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments
New York: D. J. Sadlier, 1847. Reprint. Leather. Small 8vo. Pp. 360. Contemporary notes and signature on front endpapers in the hand of Father Pascal Ricard. Bound in brown leather, spine lettered in gilt over black block. Rubbed edges and corners; moderate age-toning within, withal, well-preserved. Very Good-. Item #13099 This history of the Reformation by William Cobbett (1763-1835), radical MP and journalist, criticised the popular view of the English Reformation as being a progressive and enlightened development, rather finding in it the roots of the agrarian decline also addressed in Cobbett's most popular work, Rural Rides.
With the ownership name of French missionary Pascal Ricard of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. In 1848, Father Ricard and other black robes arrived in South Sound area and established the Catholic mission known as St. Joseph's of New Market near present-day Priest Point Park in Olympia. His name is written above that near-anomalous place-name "Olympia, O.T.," for "Oregon Territory. Olympia was included in the establishment of Oregon Territory, 1848, and became part of Washington Territory upon its establishment, 1853. Thus, for only five years did Olympians use "Olympia, O.T."
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