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Lay people and religion in the early eighteenth century /

0521892953

9780521892957

b741826

Lay people and religion in the early eighteenth century /

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W.M. Jacob.

Cambridge :

Cambridge University Press,

2002.

270 pages ;

23 cm

Originally published: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-249) and index.

Lay people and the clergy -- Public religious practice -- Personal and family piety -- Lay people and morality -- Lay people and philanthropy -- Lay people and church buildings.

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This book investigates the part that Anglicanism played in the lives of lay people in England and Wales between 1689 and 1750. It is concerned with what they did rather than what they believed, and explores their attitudes to clergy, religious activities, personal morality and charitable giving. Using diaries, letters, account books, newspapers and popular publications and parish and diocesan records, Dr Jacob demonstrates that Anglicanism held the allegiance of a significant proportion of all people. They took the lead in managing the affairs of the parishes, which were the major focus of communal and social life, and supported the spiritual and moral discipline of the church courts. He shows that early eighteenth-century England and Wales remained a largely traditional society and that Methodism emerged from a strong church, which was central to the lives of most people.--Publisher description.

Church of England-- Influence-- History.

Church of England.

Anglican Communion-- England-- History-- 18th century.

Anglican Communion-- Wales-- History-- 18th century.

Laity-- Church of England-- History-- 18th century.

Laity-- England-- Social life and customs.

Anglican Communion.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Manners and customs.

England, Church history, 18th century.

Great Britain, Social life and customs, 18th century.

Wales, Church history, 18th century.

England.

Great Britain.

Wales.

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