Author:
Woods, James M., 1952-
Imprint:Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2011.
Descriptionxv, 498 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Note:Cross and sword: the Spanish Catholic Mission to La Florida, 1513-1763 -- Padres, prairies, and Piney Woods: Catholicism in Spanish Texas, 1519-1763 -- Fleur-de-Lis: Catholicism in French lower Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, 1673-1763 -- To the manor born: Catholics in the Southern English colonies, 1633-1763 -- The Carroll era: Southern Catholics and the new American republic, 1763-1815 -- Church and state: the erosion of European empires in the south, 1763-1821 -- Annexation and accommodation: Catholic growth within the expanding south, 1815-1845 -- From aliens to Confederates: Catholics in the south, 1845-1865 -- A regional religion: Catholic prelates in the Postbellum South, 1865-1900 -- Migrations, movements, and ministry: Catholicism in the South, 1845-1900.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-479) and index.
