John Henry Williams, 1747-1829 : "political clergyman" : war, the French Revolution, and the Church of England /

First full-length study of the life and career of John Henry Williams, one of the most fascinating figures of the eighteenth-century church. John Henry Williams was the vicar of Wellesbourne in south Warwickshire from 1778 until his death some fifty years later. A dedicated pastor, displaying an �...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haydon, Colin, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2007.
Series:Studies in modern British religious history ; v. 16.
Subjects:
Williams, John Henry, > 1746 or 1747-1829.
Williams, John Henry, > 1746 or 1747-1829 > Political and social views.
Williams, John Henry, > 1746 or 1747-1829
Church of England > Clergy > Biography.
Church of England
1700-1799
RELIGION > Christianity > Anglican.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Clergy
Political and social views
England > Church history > 18th century.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 18e siècle.
England
Biographies
Church history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Grave and the Memory 1
  • 2 The Formative Years 18
  • 3 The Ivy-mantled Tow'r: Parish and Pastoralia 37
  • 4 The Gathering Storm 63
  • 5 By Far the Heaviest of All Earthly Calamities: Williams' Anti-War Sermons 91
  • 6 Anxiety, the 1797 Campaign, and Afterwards 115
  • 7 Assessment 139.

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