A blessed company : parishes, parsons, and parishioners in Anglican Virginia, 1690-1776 / John K. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, John K. (John Kendall), 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history.

Virginia--Church history--17th century.

Virginia.

Virginia--Church history--18th century.

Church of England--Virginia--History--17th century.

Church of England.

Church of England--Virginia--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, John Nelson reconstructs everyday Anglican religious practice and experience in Virginia from the end of the seventeenth century to the start of the American Revolution. Challenging previous characterizations of the colonial Anglican establishment as weak, he reveals the fundamental role the church played in the political, social, and economic as well as the spiritual lives of its parishioners. Drawing on extensive research in parish and county records and other primary sources, Nelson describes Anglican Virginia's parish system, its parsons, its rituals of worship and ri

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Acknowledgments; Prologue; I.Parishes; II.Parsons; III.Divine Services. . .; IV.Parishioners; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-462) and index.

ISBN:

9798890871336

9780807875100

0807875104

OCLC:

437091804