The Victorian Parson
1st Edition
Published on 15. February 2015
288 pages
978-1-4456-4444-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Victorian parson is an unsung hero. Legend and literature portray him, at best, as the bearer of a thin veneer of piety which covers his hypocrisy, at worst, as a buffoon or a charlatan. Yet amid the unprecedented technological and commercial change of the nineteenth century, the Church moved to the centre of the nation s affairs and took on new and important responsibilities. Campaigning for new schools, healthier living conditions and humanitarian values, the parson became a champion for the lower classes. With a wealth of diary entries and other first-hand accounts, this beautifully written history sees society from the viewpoint of the parson at the centre of his community a community in the throes of economic, spiritual, architectural, social and scientific revolution.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 Plates, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-4456-4444-8 (9781445644448)
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