An Inventory of the Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Harry Ransom Center
Title:
Recusant Manuscripts Collection
Dates:
1698-1815
Extent:
3 boxes (1.26 linear feet)
Abstract:
Contains manuscripts that were
received with a large group of published works known as the Recusant Literature
Collection. These works were created in England during periods when Catholicism
was
proscribed and document the exiled French clergy and their reception in England.
Several of the earliest manuscripts from this collection have since been added
to
the Medieval & Early Modern Manuscripts Collection, which gathers together
the Ransom Center's pre-1700 manuscript holdings.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-3431
Language:
English and
Latin
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham, 2011
Note:
This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a
card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the
abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.
