Anti-Catholic riots explained

Anti-Catholic riots were a phenomenon, particularly in the English speaking world, which tended to accompany the lifting of legal sanctions against the Catholic minority in these countries.

Historian Linda Colley draws comparisons between anti-Catholic riots and witch hunts.^[1]

Examples of anti-Catholic riots included:

• Philadelphia Anti-Catholic Riots
• Bath, Maine anti-Catholic riot of 1854
• Gordon Riots in London
• 1969 Northern Ireland Riots

Notes and References

1. Drury . Marjule Anne . Anti-Catholicism in Germany, Britain, and the United States: A Review and Critique of Recent Scholarship . Church History . March 2001 . 70 . 1 . 98–131 . 10.2307/3654412 . 2 November 2024 . en . 1755-2613.