Rural Society and the Anglican Clergy, 1815-1914: Encountering and Managing the Poor

by Robert Lee

The conduct of divine service was only one item on the agenda of the nineteenth-century clergyman. He might have to sit on the magistrates' bench, or concern himself with business as a farmer or landowner, or attend a meeting of the Poor Law guardians. He would, in all probability, be closely involved with the day-to-day running of the local school, and he would almost certainly be the principle administrator of the parochial charities. While some...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184383202X
• ISBN13: 9781843832027
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"