Religious routes to Gladstonian liberalism: the church rate conflict in England and Wales, 1832 - 1868

This book, covering the period 1832 to 1868, describes how the so-called "church rates" controversy contributed to the rise of a secular liberal state in England and Wales. The church rate was an ancient tax required of all ratepayers, regardless of denomination, for the upkeep of parish c...

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Main Author: Ellens, Jacob P. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. Pennsylvania State Univ. Press 1994
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Summary:This book, covering the period 1832 to 1868, describes how the so-called "church rates" controversy contributed to the rise of a secular liberal state in England and Wales. The church rate was an ancient tax required of all ratepayers, regardless of denomination, for the upkeep of parish churches of the Church of England. This meant that Dissenters and other non-Anglicans paid for the support of the established Church. In the 1830s, however, the Dissenters determined to tolerate the situation no longer. The resulting thirty-six-year struggle became the central church-state issue of the Victorian period.
Item Description:Teilw. zugl.: Toronto, Univ., Diss., 1983 u.d.T.: Ellens, Jacob P.: The church rate conflict in England and Wales
Physical Description:XII, 301 S.
ISBN:0271010363

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