The Anglican Episcopate 1689-1800 / Nigel Aston, William Gibson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aston, Nigel, author.

Gibson, W. (William), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglican Communion--History--18th century.

Anglican Communion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, Wales : University of Wales Press, [2023]

Summary:

Fifteen comprehensive essays by leading historians on the careers and duties of those eminent figures in eighteenth-century English society: the bishops of the established Church. Bishops in Wales, Ireland, Scotland and the colonies all have their own chapters.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

List of Contributors

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Part I The Politics of Church and State

Chapter 1: Securing the Mitre: the Promotion and Progress of a Bishop

Chapter 2: Lord Bishops: the Episcopate in National Politics

Chapter 3: Bishops and the Monarchy

Part II Performance

Chapter 4: Pastors of their Flock: Visitation, Ordination, Confirmation

Chapter 5: Authority, Conflict and Consensus: Bishops, their Clergy and Diocesan Government

Chapter 6: Bishops and Patronage

Part III Cultures

Chapter 7: Mrs Proudie's Predecessors: the Wives of Eighteenth-Century Prelates

Chapter 8: Priestcraft, Enthusiasm, Bishops and Eighteenth-Century Intellectual Life

Chapter 9: Bishops and the Reformation of the Arts: Disciplining the Errant Sentiments

Part IV Beyond England

Chapter 10: Anglican Bishops in Wales

Chapter 11: The Other Establishment: Bishops in the Church of Ireland

Chapter 12: Episcopacy in Scotland 1689-1792

Chapter 13: English Bishops, the Wider World and the other Christian Churches

Appendix: Episcopal Incomes

Notes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786839787

1786839784