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English author and philosopher, Bishop Thomas Burgess' career was concerned with advocating for the emancipation of slaves and evangelistic work among the poor. This book uses his life as a starting point to uncover the links between the academic,...

Throughout the history of Britain religion has been a potent and influential force, permeating social and political life at many different levels. This book focuses on this relationship and investigates the changing role of religion in British life...

Illustrates social change in Kent over three centuries from local records.

This study of the religious establishment in Wales and its impact on Welsh society in the three centuries leading up to the disestablishment continues the approach to Welsh church history begun by Sir Glanmor Williams in his 'Welsh Church and the...

This text challenges many of the assumptions about the impact of ritualism on the Victorian church. By analyzing the geographical spread of ritualist churches in Britain, it shows that the impact of ritualism was as strong in middle-class and rural...

This book is a revised edition of a classic work of scholarship, with new foreword, appendix, and updated index and bibliography. Dr Yates discusses the liturgical arrangement of Anglican churches in the period between the Reformation and the Oxford...

Presents an assessment of the religious state of Ireland between 1770 and 1850. This book aims to challenge the assumption that religious division in Ireland is inevitable, and suggests that much of the religious intolerance of the last 200 years...