RT Article
T1 The Rise and Fall of the Catholic University College, Kensington, 1868–1882
JF The journal of ecclesiastical history
VO 54
IS 2
SP 302
OP 318
A1 Horwood, Tom
LA English
YR 2003
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1784764310
AB Cardinal Manning's Catholic University project was a spectacular failure. Financial mismanagement by Thomas John Capel, the Rector, as well as gossip surrounding his personal life, undermined confidence in him and the college. The Jesuits opposed the scheme as it rivalled their own plans. Despite a Vatican ban, the Jesuits, some influential converts, old Catholic families and sympathetic bishops continued to press for Catholic higher education at Oxford, for social reasons and because they preferred the classical education to Manning's scientific syllabus. The project revealed the tensions and divisions caused by Manning's vision of future Catholic engagement in late Victorian society.
DO 10.1017/S0022046902005663