A concise, documentary look at a key chapter in 19th‑century religious debate. This edition reproduces the Proceedings of the Anti‑Maynooth Conference of 1845, with an historical introduction and an appendix by A. S. Thelwall. It frames the gathering, its aims, and the broad cross‑denominational response that shaped the debate over Maynooth endowment.
Readers follow the sequence of public meetings, committee work, and conference sessions that defined the opposition to Maynooth funding. The historical introduction places the events in a broader religious and political context, while the appendix provides additional documentation that supports the record of the time. The book presents a clear, source‑driven view of a Protestant response to state policy on religion.
- Transcripts and reports from the conference proceedings
- Historical context that explains why the meeting mattered
- An appendix with supplementary materials by Thelwall
- A window into mid‑19th‑century Protestant public discourse
Ideal for readers of 19th‑century British religious history and those interested in the era’s public debates about church and state.