Research Publications and Papers

Books

-           Catholic Synods in Ireland , 1600-1690 (Dublin 1998).
-           Fathers, Pastors and Kings:  Visions of Episcopacy in Seventeenth-Century France (Manchester 2004).
-           (ed. with Eric Nelson), After the League: Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France (forthcoming Palgrave, 2008) (co-authored introduction and essay contribution entitled ’Vincent de Paul:  Formation and Leadership amongst Catholic Dévots)

Refereed Articles and Essays

-                      '"Fathers, Leaders, Kings":  Episcopacy and Episcopal Reform in the Seventeenth-Century French School', The Seventeenth Century, xvii, no. 1 (2002), 24-47.
-           'Making Bishops in Tridentine France:  The Episcopal Ideal of Jean-Pierre Camus', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 54, no. 2 (2003), 254-77.
-           'Terence O’Brien', New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford 2004).
-            'Roche MacGeoghegan', New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford 2004).
-            'Revisiting Sacred Propaganda:  The Holy Bishop in the Seventeenth-Century Jansenist Quarrel', Renaissance and Reformation Review (2004), 7-35.
-             'A Catholic Model of Martyrdom in the Post-Reformation Era:  The Bishop in Seventeenth-Century France', The Seventeenth Century, xx, no. 2 (2005), 254-80.
-          '"Finding Roses Amongst Thorns":  Episcopal Martyrs in the Early Modern Catholic Church', Martyrs and Martyrdom:  Early Modern Perspectives, ed. Paul Scott (Brepols, forthcoming 2007).
-           'The Church in the Tridentine and Early Modern Eras', in Gerard Mannion and Lewis Mudge (eds), Routledge Companion to the Christian Church (forthcoming 2007).
-            'The Congregation of the Mission:  Irish Members and Missions', Archivium Hibernicum (forthcoming 2007).
-             ’Vincent de Paul as Mentor’, Vincentian Heritage, (forthcoming 2007). 

Reviews

-           Thierry Mariage, The World of André Le Nôtre, trans. Graham Larkin (Philadelphia 1999) in French History, xiv, no. 2 (2000), 232-3.
-           Thierry Wanegffelen, Une difficile fidélite.  Catholiques malgré le concile en France xvie – xviie siècles (Paris 1999) in French History, xiv, no. 3 (2000), 349-51.
-           Bernard Hours, L’Eglise et la vie religieuse dans la France moderne, xvie-xviiie siècle (Paris 2000) in French History, xiv, no. 4 (2000), 449-50.
-           L’Image du prêtre dans la littérature classique (xviie-xviiie siècles).  Acts du colloque organisé par le Centre ’Michel Baude – Littérature et spiritualité’ de l’Université de Metz, 20-21 novembre 1998, ed. Danielle Pister (Berne 2001) in Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 54, no. 3 (2003), 588-9.
-           Correspondence du nonce en France .  Gasparo Silingardi évêque de Modène (1599-1601), ed. Bertrand Haan (Rome 2002) in Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 54, no. 4 (2003), 773-5.
-                      Jacques Gres-Gayer, Le Gallicanisme de Sorbonne.  Chroniques de la Faculté de Théologie de Paris (1657-1688) (Paris 2002) in Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 55, no. 1 (2004), 197-8.
-                      Barbara Diefendorf, From Penitence to Charity.  Pious Women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris (Oxford 2004) in Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 56, no. 3 (2005), 605.
-                      Michael Carroll, Irish Pilgrimage:  Holy Wells and Popular Catholic Devotion (Baltimore and London 1999) in Journal of Religious History, 29, no. 2 (2005), 181-2.
-           Maria Craciun, Ividiu Ghitta and Graeme Murdock (eds), Confessional Identity in East-Central Europe (Aldershot 2002) in Sobornost (forthcoming 2006).
-                      Barry Coward and Julian Swann (eds), Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in Early Modern Europe (Aldershot and Burlington, Vt 2004) in Journal of Ecclesiastical History (forthcoming 2006).
-                      Will Coster and Andrew Spicer (eds), Sacred Space in Early Modern Europe (Cambridge 2005) in Renaissance Studies (forthcoming 2006).
-                      Eric Nelson, The Jesuits and the Monarchy.  Catholic Reform and Political Authority in France (1590-1615) (Aldershot 2005) in Journal of Ecclesiastical History (forthcoming 2007).
-           J. Michael Hayden and Malcolm R. Greenshields, 600 Years of Reform.  Bishops and the French Church, 1190-1789 (Montreal and Kingston 2005) in Journal of Ecclesiastical History (forthcoming 2007).
-           Bernard Pujo, Vincent de Paul.  The Trailblazer, trans. ( ) in French History (forthcoming 2007).
-           Susan Dinan, Women and Poor Relief in Seventeenth-Century France .  The Early History of the Daughters of Charity (Aldershot 2006) in Church History (forthcoming 2007) .
-           Michael Wintroub, A Savage Mirror:  Power, Identity, and Knowledge in Early Modern France (Stanford 2006) in Sixteenth-Century Journal (forthcoming 2007).
-           Raymond Gillespie, Seventeenth-Century Ireland (Dublin 2006) in Journal of the Galway Archeological and Historical Society (forthcoming 2007). 

Seminar and Conference Papers

Lectures and Papers by Invitation

-                      'Perceptions and Realities:  Catholic Synods in Ireland 1600-1641’, Departmental Research Seminar, N.U.I. Maynooth (1995).
-                      'Methodological Issues:  The Episcopate in Early Modern France', Postgraduate Research Seminar, Department of History, University of Manchester (1997).
-                      'Bérulle, Olier and the French Episcopate under Louis XIII', Departmental Research Seminar, University of Warwick (1999).
-                      'Sacred Propaganda:  The Jansenist Quarrel in Seventeenth-Century France', Society for Reformation Studies, University of Cambridge (2003).
-           'Clerical Infighting in Ancien Régime France', Michéal Ó Cleirigh Institute for the Study of Irish History and Civilisation, University College Dublin (2003).
-                      'Poverty and Charity:  Protestant and Catholic Perspectives in the Early Modern Era', Cranmer Hall, St. John's College, Durham (2005).
-                      'The Politics of Church and Church Politics in the Tridentine Church', Catholic Studies Seminar, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University (2005).
-                      ’Vincent de Paul as Mentor’, De Paul Trust, St. Cuthbert’s Conference Centre, Ushaw College, Durham (2006).

Conference Papers

-                      'Irish Synodal Legislation and the Protestant Monarchy during the Seventeenth Century', Postgraduate History Conference, Sligo (1996).
-           ’The Bishops and the Religious Orders in Reformation France’, Society of the Friends of French History, University of Newcastle (2002).
-                      ’Episcopacy and Martyrdom in Tridentine France’, Early Modern Martyrdom Colloquium, Durham University (2002).

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