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Dominic Janes

Victorian Reformation

The Fight Over Idolatry in the Church of England, 1840-1860. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,5 cm / 15,7 cm / 1,9 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780195378511
145,60 €
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250 Seiten
April 2009
Oxford University Press

In early Victorian England there was intense interest in understanding the early Church as an inspiration for contemporary sanctity. This was manifested in a surge in archaeological inquiry and also in the construction of new churches using medieval models. Some Anglicans began to use a much more complicated form of ritual involving vestments, candles, and incense. This "Anglo-Catholic" movement was vehemently opposed by evangelicals and dissenters, who saw this as the vanguard of full-blown "popery." Dominic Janes seeks to understand the fierce passions that were unleashed by the contended practices and artifacts - passions that found expression in litigation, in rowdy demonstrations, and even in physical violence.

Dominic Janes is Professor of Modern History at Keele University, UK. He is a cultural historian whose specialism is the study of texts and visual images relating to Britain in its local and international contexts since the eighteenth century. He also teaches and researches on the wider histories of gender, sexuality and religion and is Professorial Fellow in the School of Fine Art and Photography, University for the Creative Arts, UK.

1.: Introduction: Victorian Reformation, Idolatry and Fetishism
2.: Art and Sacrament, Ritualism
3.: Riots and Trials in London, 1840-1860, Bennett, 1843-51, Liddell, 1851-57
4.: Satan Transformed: Comparative Religion ,'Primitive' Religion from Rome to Home, Bodies of Christ, The Horror is all Mine
5.: Gothic Novelties , Facing Corruption, Texts and Profits
6.: Conclusion: The Convenient Despot
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