LAY PEOPLE AND RELIGION IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY by W. M. Jacob ( 9780511520532 )

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LAY PEOPLE AND RELIGION IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

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ISBN 10:

0511520530

ISBN 13:

9780511520532

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

14 October, 2009

Description:

An investigation into the part Anglicanism played in the lives of lay people between 1689 and 1750.

Synopsis:

This book investigates the part that Anglicanism played in the lives of lay people in England and Wales between 1689 and 1750. It is concerned with what they did rather than what they believed, and explores their attitudes to clergy, religious activities, personal morality and charitable giving. Using diaries, letters, account books, newspapers and popular publications and parish and diocesan records, Dr Jacob demonstrates that Anglicanism held the allegiance of a significant proportion of all people. They took the lead in managing the affairs of the parishes, which were the major focus of communal and social life, and supported the spiritual and moral discipline of the church courts. He shows that early eighteenth-century England and Wales remained a largely traditional society and that Methodism emerged from a strong church, which was central to the lives of most people.

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Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

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Non-returnable

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