Good and Proper Men Lord Palmerston and the Bench of Bishops |
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| Author:
| Scotland, Nigel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-227-67946-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
| Publisher: | James Clarke Company, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries dioceses were large and bishops few and far between. The majority of their number were high churchmen who had strong connections with the aristocracy. They necessarily spent a good deal of their time in London attending to Parliamentary business.
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries dioceses were large and bishops few and far between. The majority of their number were high churchmen who had strong connections with the aristocracy. They necessarily spent a good deal of their time in London attending to Parliamentary business.