Radicals in Exile

Freddy Cristobal Dominguez is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Arkansas.

"Skillfully researched and written with enviable clarity, Freddy Dominguez's Radicals in Exile explores in detail a series of texts English Catholics wrote from Spain during the dramatic years of the 1580s and '90s. His readings of these works are original and illuminating, and they integrate this singular corpus into the wider religious and intellectual history of the period." -James S. Amelang, author of Parallel Histories: Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial Spain "This book puts the punch back into early modern religious polemic. Radical English Catholic exiles deftly bob and weave across the pages with hired-gun Protestant apologists. London swings at Madrid, Madrid jabs back at London, while Rome, Paris, and Antwerp stand by, eager to climb into the ring. The many contenders in this post-Reformation prizefight in print yield refreshingly unfamiliar viewpoints, internecine agendas, and a dynamic polyglot literature that has been too often overlooked." -Earle Havens, Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts, Johns Hopkins University "Dominguez has provided a focused, informed, and lively account of the publishing activities of Elizabethan English Catholic exiles-and through these activities the exiles' deep involvement in Spanish political-ecclesiastical culture-during a critical moment in the history of Anglo-Spanish politics." -Daniel Knapper, Reformation "Dominguez makes a clear and forceful argument for the impact of Spanish Elizabethan authors on Spanish politics during the final decades of Philip II's reign. Yet this book achieves something even more significant for those of us looking to the future of early modern studies. It demonstrates the benefits of transnationalism in furthering our understanding of Europe's religious and political environment." -Kelsey J. Ihinger, Bulletin of the Comediantes