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Roman Catholicism in the University of Cambridge: St Edmund's House in 1898

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

W. C. LUBENOW
W. C. LUBENOW
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Robert Stockton College of New Jersey, PO Box 195, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ E-mail: william.lubenow@stockton.edu
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Abstract

The question in 1898 of the recognition by Cambridge University of St Edmund's House, a Roman Catholic foundation, might initially seem to involve questions irrelevant in the modern university. It can, however, be seen to raise issues concerning modernity, the place of religion in the university and the role of the university itself. This article therefore sets this incident in university history in wider terms and examines the ways in which the recognition of St Edmund's House was a chapter in the history of liberalism, in the history of Roman Catholicism, in the history of education and in the history of secularism.

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The Journal of Ecclesiastical History , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 697 - 713
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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