Victorian churches and churchmen : essays presented to Vincent Alan McClelland / edited by Sheridan Gilley
2005, First Edition. Woodbridge, England : Boydell Press for the Catholic Record Society. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages; xvii, 387 pages : 1 portrait (frontispiece) ; 24 cm. The major themes of Catholic historiography and the history of education during the Victorian era unite the essays collected here, as is fitting for a volume honouring the work in these fields of Professor Vincent Alan McClelland. There is a particular emphasis upon the life and work of Cardinal Manning; other figures and topics considered include Father Randal Lythgoe, Cardinal Newman, the English Benedictine contribution to the British Empire, modern Scottish Catholic history, and Victorian Christianity in its various forms, as in the essays on Methodism and the Church of Ireland. Series: Catholic Record Society publications. Monograph series ; v. 7. Item #225556
ISBN: 0902832220
Price: €65.00