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A cheerful and comfortable faith : Anglican religious practice in the elite households of eighteenth-century Virginia /

This volume examines the physical objects found in elite Virginia households of the 18th century to discover what they can tell us about their owners' lives & religious practices. The author illuminates the ways Anglicanism influenced daily activities & attitudes in colonial Virginia, p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Winner, Lauren F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • With cold water and silver bowls : becoming an Anglican in eighteenth-century Virginia
  • Becoming a "Christian woman" : needlework and girls' religious formation
  • People of the book: liturgical culture and the domestic uses of prayer books
  • Sarah Foote Stuart's fish sauce: the liturgical year around the table
  • To comfort the living : the household choreography of death and mourning
  • Epilogue. Lucy Smith Digges's "Little old fashioned oblong black walnut" table : household religious practice in Episcopalian Virginia.