The Anglican Episcopate 1689-1800
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Anglican Episcopate 1689-1800
By (Author) Nigel Aston
Edited by William Gibson
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
22nd June 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
History of religion
262.123
Physical Properties
Hardback
368
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
A comprehensive survey of the eighteenth-century Anglican episcopate.
The eighteenth-century bishops of the Church of England and its sister communions had immense status and authority in both secular and religious society. In this volume, leading experts offer a comprehensive survey of all things episcopal between the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 and the early nineteenth century, when the Anglican Church enjoyed exclusive establishment privileges in much of Britain. The essays consider the appointment and promotion of bishops, their parliamentary duties, and their relation to Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and the American colonies.
Author Bio
Nigel Aston is a reader emeritus in early modern history at the University of Leicester and a research associate at the University of York. He is the author of Enlightened Oxford: The University and the Cultural and Political Life of Eighteenth-century Britainand Beyond. William Gibson is professor of ecclesiastical history at Oxford Brookes University and director of the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History. He is the author of Samuel Wesley and the Crisis of Tory Piety, 1685-1720.
