Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815: Blue Lights & Psalm-Singers

by Richard Blake

The Evangelical Admiral Gambier, notorious for distributing tracts to his fleet in a theatre of war, is commonly seen as a misfit in a fighting service that had scant time for fervent piety. In fact, the navy of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars showed a level of religious observance not seen since the days of Queen Anne. Evangelical laymen provided one dynamic for this change: concentrating first on public worship, they moved to active proselytism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184383359X
• ISBN13: 9781843833598
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"