Through a series of studies focusing on individuals, this volume highlights the continued importance of religion and religious identity on British life througho

Jeremy Black sets the politics of eighteenth century Britain into the fascinating context of social, economic, cultural, religious and scientific developments.

Examines sermons preached at national thanksgiving celebrations to show in detail what it meant to be properly British in the period.

The church of the eighteenth century was still reeling in the wake of the huge religious upheavals of the two previous centuries. Though this was a comparativel