The religious condition of Ireland, 1770-1850 / Nigel Yates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yates, Nigel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Church history--18th century.

Ireland.

Ireland--Church history--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nigel Yates provides a major reassessment of the religious state of Ireland between 1770 and 1850. He argues that this was both a period of intense reform across all the major religious groups in Ireland and also one in which the seeds of religious tension, which were to dominate Irish politics and society for most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, were sown. He examines in detail, from a wide range of primary sources, the mechanics of this reform programme and the growingtensions between religious groups in this period, showing how political and religious issues became inextricably m

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Religious Development of Ireland 1560-1770; The Failure of the Reformation 1560-1660; The Consolidation of Religious Division 1660-1715; The Religious Geography of Ireland; Minority Establishment and Majority Dissent 1715-70; 2. The Non-Religious Background to Religious Reform in Ireland 1770-1850; The Catholic Relief Legislation of 1774-93; Parliamentary Grants to the Board of First Fruits and Maynooth College; Rebellion and the Act of Union 1793-1801

The Long Road to Catholic Emancipation 1801-29The Post-Emancipation Reform Programme 1829-45; The Impact of the Great Famine of 1845-9; 3. The Religious Leadership of Ireland 1770-1850; The Church of Ireland Leadership; The Roman Catholic Leadership; The Presbyterian Leadership; 4. Pastoral Care and Public Worship in Ireland 1770-1850; The Clergy; The Laity; Churches and Public Worship; The Progress of Ecclesiastical Reform; 5. Ecclesiastical Reform in Action: Some Diocesan and Presbytery Case Studies; The Church of Ireland; The Roman Catholic Church; The Presbyterian Churches

6. Church Building and Restoration in Ireland 1770-1850The Condition of Church Buildings; The Board of First Fruits; The Church Extension Programme of the Non-Established Churches; The Design and Liturgical Arrangement of Church Buildings; Cathedrals Old and New; The Conservation of the Built Heritage; 7. Theological Developments and Ecumenical Relations 1770-1850; Ecumenical Relations in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries; The Evangelical Revival; The Second Reformation; The Oxford Movement; The Emergence of a Protestant Alliance

8. Irish Religious Developments in a British and European ContextAppendix 1. Succession of Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops in Ireland 1560-1850; Appendix 2. Church of Ireland Bishops and Archbishops Translated to or from English, Scottish, or Welsh Sees 1560-1850; Appendix 3. Religious Statistics for the Dioceses of the Church of Ireland in the Mid-Nineteenth Century; Appendix 4. Religious Statistics for the Dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland in the Mid-1840s

Appendix 5. Religious Statistics of Church of Ireland, Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian Allegiance and Church Attendance in the Diocese of Raphoe in 1834Appendix 6. Comparison of Visitation Evidence for Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Meath in the Late Eighteenth Century; Appendix 7. Comparison of Visitation Evidence for Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Ossory in the Late Eighteenth Century

Appendix 8. Liturgical Arrangement of Church of Ireland Churches in the Dioceses of Cashel and Emly, and Waterford and Lismore in the Mid-1830s

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ISBN:

1-4237-6779-9

9786611163969

0-19-152932-X

1-281-16396-1

OCLC:

742333480