Book contents
- Crown, Mitre and People in the Nineteenth Century
- Reviews
- Crown, Mitre and People in the Nineteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Legislation
- Table of Cases
- Introduction A National Church in the National Life
- Chapter 1 The Disputed Boundary between Church and State
- Chapter 2 What Happened in an Ecclesiastical Court?
- Chapter 3 Taking the Clergy to Court
- Chapter 4 Taking the Laity to Court
- Chapter 5 Not in the Church of England but …
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction - A National Church in the National Life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 September 2021
- Crown, Mitre and People in the Nineteenth Century
- Reviews
- Crown, Mitre and People in the Nineteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Legislation
- Table of Cases
- Introduction A National Church in the National Life
- Chapter 1 The Disputed Boundary between Church and State
- Chapter 2 What Happened in an Ecclesiastical Court?
- Chapter 3 Taking the Clergy to Court
- Chapter 4 Taking the Laity to Court
- Chapter 5 Not in the Church of England but …
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter sets the social and ecclesiastical scene. It introduces the place of ecclesiastical law in the law of England. It explores the changing place of the Church of England in the life of the nation from the early nineteenth century, the role of the universities in educating future clergy and the significant place of the bishops in political as well as pastoral and spiritual leadership. It describes the need for more churches as the Industrial Revolution took a growing proportion of the population from the country into the towns. It introduces the challenge of the Dissenters with their rival chapels and the complexities of applying ecclesiastical law when there were controversies.
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- Crown, Mitre and People in the Nineteenth CenturyThe Church of England, Establishment and the State, pp. 1 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021