The Dissenters Vol. IIVolume II: the Expansion of Evangelical Nonconformity |
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| Author:
| Watts, Michael R. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-822968-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1995 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $593.59AUD $742.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the second of a projected three-volume history of Nonconformity in England and Wales. Following the widely-acclaimed first volume, which covered the period from Reformation to the French Revolution, this second volume deals with the years from 1791 to 1859. It was a period in which Evangelical Nonconformity underwent phenomenal growth and had a profound impact on nearly all aspects of English and Welsh society and on its economic and political life. The history of late Georgian...
More DescriptionThis is the second of a projected three-volume history of Nonconformity in England and Wales. Following the widely-acclaimed first volume, which covered the period from Reformation to the French Revolution, this second volume deals with the years from 1791 to 1859. It was a period in which Evangelical Nonconformity underwent phenomenal growth and had a profound impact on nearly all aspects of English and Welsh society and on its economic and political life. The history of late Georgian and Victorian England and Wales, argues Dr Watts, cannot be understood without a knowledge of Nonconformity.