Historians and the Church of England : religion and historical scholarship, 1870-1920 / James Kirby.

Author: Kirby, James, 1988-

Edition Statement:1st.ed.

Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Prexs, c2016.

Descriptionxi, 257 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:Introduction -- The Anglican historians -- The learned church -- The nation -- The constitution -- Social and economic history -- The Reformation settlement -- Providence, progress, and the incarnation -- Epilogue.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:Dr James Kirby explores the vital relationship between the Church of England and the development of historical scholarship in the Victorian and Edwardian era, showing that the Church of England remained a 'learned church', concerned not just with narrowly religious functions but also scholarly and cultural ones, into the early twentieth century

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