During the Persecution: Autobiography of Father John Gerard

Author: Father John Gerard

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Description During the Persecution: Autobiography of Father John Gerard

Fr. John Gerard (1564 – 1637) was an English Jesuit priest who operated covertly in England during the Elizabethan era, during which the Catholic Church was subject to persecution.

Gerard notably not only successfully hid from the English authorities for eight years before his capture but also endured extensive torture, escaped from the Tower of London, recovered and continued with his covert mission. After his escape to the Continent, he was instructed by his Jesuit superiors to write a book about his life. This is a rare first-hand account of the dangerous cloak-and-dagger world of a Catholic priest in Elizabethan England.

This book, from a later translation, is more well known under the title "Autobiography of a Hunted Priest". (Adapted from wikipedia)

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PrefaceMy Life before OrdinationArrival in England as a PriestResidence in the County of NorfolkMy new Residence, and another changeMy Excursions, and their fruitMy first hiding-placeSome account of Father OldcorneAn account of some remarkable RelicsBeginnings of dangerMy second hiding-placeMy capture and examinationsA digressionOther examinationsMy prison is changed for the betterMartyrdom of Mistress Anne LineLife and work in PrisonContinuation of my Life in the ClinkHow Topcliffe was among the ProphetsHow I was sent to the TowerMy first tortureMy second tortureLife in the TowerMass in the TowerPlan of escapeEscape from the TowerHow the gaoler escaped tooFortunate precautionsA change of quartersAnother narrow escapeFurther history of John LillyMore dangersSome quiet workA Protestant dignitaryThree Fathers of the SocietyContaining further interesting mattersSome remarkable conversionsA conversion at CourtA conversion in the countryThe troubles of the Powder PlotFathers Garnet and OldcorneThe rest of my personal history

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