The Victorian Parson - Softcover

Turner, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144565539X ISBN 13: 9781445655390

Verlag: Amberley Publishing, 2016

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`Great fun, and a mine of information.' * The Church Times * `A very readable overview of a much under-investigated stratum of Victorian Englishman.' * Country Life * `Interesting, educational and entertaining.' * Open History Journal *

Reseña del editor:

The Victorian parson is an unsung hero. Legend and literature portray him, at best, as the bearer of a thin veneer of piety which covers his hypocrisy; at worst, as a buffoon or a charlatan. Yet amid the unprecedented technological and commercial change of the nineteenth century, the Church moved to the centre of the nation's affairs and took on new and important responsibilities. Campaigning for new schools, healthier living conditions and humanitarian values, the parson became a champion for the lower classes. With a wealth of diary entries and other first-hand accounts, this beautifully written history sees society from the viewpoint of the parson at the centre of his community - a community in the throes of economic, spiritual, architectural, social and scientific revolution.

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• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 144565539X
• ISBN 13: 9781445655390
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288