The Oxford Handbook of the British Sermon 1689-1901

The Oxford Handbook of the British Sermon 1689-1901

Author: Keith A. Francis

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-10-04

Total Pages: 679

ISBN-13: 0199583595

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This Handbook accesses historical, theological, rhetorical, literary and linguistic studies to demonstrate the interdisciplinary strength of the field of sermon studies and to show the centrality of sermons to private and public life in this 'golden age' of the British sermon.


A Land of Liberty?

A Land of Liberty?

Author: Julian Hoppit

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2000-06-22

Total Pages: 602

ISBN-13: 0191586528

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The Glorious Revolution of 1688-9 was a decisive moment in England's history; an invading Dutch army forced James II to flee to France, and his son-in-law and daughter, William and Mary, were crowned as joint sovereigns. The wider consequences were no less startling: bloody war in Ireland, Union with Scotland, Jacobite intrigue, deep involvement in two major European wars, Britain's emergence as a great power, a 'financial revolution', greater religious toleration, a riven Church, and a startling growth of parliamentary government. Such changes were only part of the transformation of English society at the time. An enriching torrent of new ideas from the likes of Newton, Defoe, and Addison, spread through newspapers, periodicals, and coffee-houses, provided new views and values that some embraced and others loathed. England's horizons were also growing, especially in the Caribbean and American colonies. For many, however, the benefits were uncertain: the slave trade flourished, inequality widened, and the poor and 'disorderly' were increasingly subject to strictures and statutes. If it was an age of prospects it was also one of anxieties.


London's Criminal Underworlds, c. 1720 - c. 1930

London's Criminal Underworlds, c. 1720 - c. 1930

Author: Heather Shore

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-03-14

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1137313919

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This book offers an original and exciting analysis of the concept of the criminal underworld. Print culture, policing and law enforcement, criminal networks, space and territory are explored here through a series of case studies taken from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.


The Charity School Movement

The Charity School Movement

Author: M. G. Jones

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-21

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 1107685850

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Originally published in 1938, this book presents a social history of eighteenth-century elementary education. The main focus is on the different reactions of philanthropists in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to the movement for establishing schools on a religious basis for the children of the poor. Intended to draw attention to an often marginalised area, the text provides a detailed analysis of the ideologies behind charity schools and the various difficulties they encountered. A detailed bibliography, appendices and illustrative figures are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in eighteenth-century history and the role of charity schools in the development of education.


Governing Morals

Governing Morals

Author: Alan Hunt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-08-13

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780521646895

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This book is a broad-ranging history of moral regulation focusing on Britain and the US.


The Christian Monitors

The Christian Monitors

Author: Brent Sirota

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2014-01-28

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 0300199279

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div This original and persuasive book examines the moral and religious revival led by the Church of England before and after the Glorious Revolution, and shows how that revival laid the groundwork for a burgeoning civil society in Britain. After outlining the Church of England's key role in the increase of voluntary, charitable, and religious societies, Brent Sirota examines how these groups drove the modernization of Britain through such activities as settling immigrants throughout the empire, founding charity schools, distributing devotional literature, and evangelizing and educating merchants, seamen, and slaves throughout the British empire—all leading to what has been termed the “age of benevolence.”/DIV


Hannah More

Hannah More

Author: Anne Stott

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780199245321

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This is the first substantial biography of More for 50 years and the first to make extensive use of her unpublished correspondence.