Liberal Anglican politics : whiggery, religion, and reform, 1830-1841 / Richard Brent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brent, Richard.

Contributor:

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglicans--Political activity--England--History--19th century.

Anglicans.

Political participation.

Liberalism.

History.

England.

Liberalism--England--History--19th century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xii unnumbered pages, 340 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Summary:

An important contribution to the history of 19th-century English liberalism and post-reform politics, this book argues that the Whig party was dominated by a new generation of politicians after 1832 who actively sponsored legislation designed to transform the constitution from an exclusively Anglican document to a non-sectarian, yet Christian one. Brent demonstrates that this concern for religious toleration and the preoccupation with ecclesiastical issues were central to Whiggery in this period, and that the questions raised during these years were posed only to dominate Victorian politics for the generation to come.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 301-330.

ISBN:

0198229429 :

OCLC:

15281893