Life in the Georgian Parsonage : Morals, Material Goods and the English Clergy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stobart, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of England--Economic conditions--18th century.

Church of England.

Church of England--Social life and customs--18th century.

Clergy.

Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Consumption (Economics).

England--Social conditions.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This book explores life in the Georgian parsonage, focusing on the morals, material goods, and social roles of the English clergy during the Georgian era. It examines the clergy's critiques on incomes, worldliness, and pretension, as well as their sermons on luxury, moderation, and dignity. The text delves into the evolving nature of parsonages, their household belongings, and the practice of politeness and hospitality. Furthermore, it discusses the clergy's communities of interest, including family, parish, and neighborhood, and provides personal perspectives on consumption related to religion, morality, and duty. The author, Jon Stobart, aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the English clergy's lifestyle and societal impact during this period, primarily targeting scholars and readers interested in historical and religious studies. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

List of illustrations

List of tables

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

The parish clergy in the long eighteenth century

Consumption: from materiality to morals

Morals, material goods and the English clergy

1 Representations of the clergy: critiquing incomes, worldliness and pretension

Unjust incomes: maintenance and tithes

Avarice, idleness and inequality: pluralists and curates

Worldliness: gluttony, lust and comfort

Pride and pretension: the gentleman parson

Conclusions

2 The worldliness problem: sermons on luxury, moderation and dignity

Defining the problem

Worldliness, politeness and the luxury debate

Resolving worldliness

Balancing acts: clerical maintenance and moderation

Necessary things: comfort and dignity

The benefits of consumption

3 The changing nature of the parsonage: improvement, convenience and status

Model parsonages: from farm to villa

Changing rooms: the number and role of rooms

Better by design: QAB plans and processes

Comfortable and convenient: the improved parsonage

Costs and benefits: measuring ambition

Conclusion

4 A world of goods: buying and locating household belongings

The material culture of the parsonage

Clerical goods: desks and books

Locating goods in the parsonage

Clerical spending: patterns and trends

Processes of supply: routines and networks

5 At home with the clergy: practising politeness and hospitality

At work: clergymen in their studies

At leisure: parlours and polite sociability

Clerical sociability and politeness

Clerical hospitality: dining and drinking

Domestic routines: the everyday

A break from the routine: seasons and life-course

Conclusions.

6 Communities of interest: family, parish and neighbourhood

Wives: housekeepers and homemakers

Family: needs, emotions and memories

Accommodating others: servants and lodgers

Parish and neighbourhood: communities of interest

Consumption and audience

7 Personal perspectives on consumption: religion, morality and duty

Public standing: parish duties

Charity

Attitudes to money: what was enough?

Getting on: ambition and avarice

Moral consumers: worldliness and piety

8 Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781350382114

1350382116

9781350382091

1350382094

9781350382107

1350382108

OCLC:

1458762126