English Society, 1660-1832: Religion, Ideology and Politics During the Ancien RégimeThis is a revised and rewritten edition of a work first published in 1985 as English Society 1688-1832. That book arrived at the opening of a new phase in English historiography, which questioned much of the received picture of English society as secular, modernising, contractarian, and middle class; it began the recovery of the 'long eighteenth century', the period which saw a form of state defined by the close relationship of monarchy, aristocracy and church. In particular, it placed religion at the center of social and intellectual life, and used ecclesiastical history to illuminate many historical themes more commonly examined in a secular framework. In its updated form, this book reinforces these theses with new evidence, which extends its arguments into fresh areas of inquiry. |
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... Dissenters competed with churchmen to emphasise the dependence of humanity on God's purposes . A minority of sceptics cast doubt on this daily interaction , 29 yet the increasing abandonment of belief in miracles left largely intact a ...
... Dissenters competed with churchmen to emphasise the dependence of humanity on God's purposes . A minority of sceptics cast doubt on this daily interaction , 29 yet the increasing abandonment of belief in miracles left largely intact a ...
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... Dissenters increasingly sought compromise and co - operation , but their success in achieving it was mixed from parish to parish , and areas of tranquillity too often proved to have been temporary lulls when the storm of sectarian ...
... Dissenters increasingly sought compromise and co - operation , but their success in achieving it was mixed from parish to parish , and areas of tranquillity too often proved to have been temporary lulls when the storm of sectarian ...
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... Dissenters ' attempts to obtain a repeal of the Test Laws . 36 Even within the formulae of Church and State , there was more change than appeared to angry Dissenters . After the passing of the dynastic threat in mid - century , it was ...
... Dissenters ' attempts to obtain a repeal of the Test Laws . 36 Even within the formulae of Church and State , there was more change than appeared to angry Dissenters . After the passing of the dynastic threat in mid - century , it was ...
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... identifies the state form which turned England into Great Britain , the United Kingdom , and a world empire . 45 See ch . 2 , s . III below . 1660s to 1828. Late eighteenth - century Dissenters like Price 36 English society 1660-1832.
... identifies the state form which turned England into Great Britain , the United Kingdom , and a world empire . 45 See ch . 2 , s . III below . 1660s to 1828. Late eighteenth - century Dissenters like Price 36 English society 1660-1832.
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