Crown, Mitre and People in the Nineteenth Century
The Church of England, Establishment and the State

Disestablishment remains a controversial subject. Evans shows how Church and State in the nineteenth century led to fractious modern debate.

G. R. Evans (Author)

9781316515976, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 23 September 2021

350 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.69 kg

'This book will interest any who wish to know what one historian has called 'the profoundly Anglican and often clerical culture of the early nineteenth century' that shaped Newman … It also provides a mine of information for professional historians …' Benjamin J. King, Newman Studies Journal

Throughout the nineteenth century the relationship between the State and the Established Church of England engaged Parliament, the Church, the courts and – to an increasing degree – the people. During this period, the spectre of Disestablishment periodically loomed over these debates, in the cause – as Trollope put it – of 'the renewal of inquiry as to the connection which exists between the Crown and the Mitre'. As our own twenty-first century gathers pace, Disestablishment has still not materialised: though a very different kind of dynamic between Church and State has anyway come into being in England. Professor Evans here tells the stories of the controversies which have made such change possible – including the revival of Convocation, the Church's own parliament – as well as the many memorable characters involved. The author's lively narrative includes much valuable material about key areas of ecclesiastical law that is of relevance to the future Church of England.

Preface
Introduction: A National Church in the National Life
1. The Disputed Boundary between Church and State
2. What Happened in an Ecclesiastical Court?
3. Taking the Clergy to Court
4. Taking the Laity to Court
5. Not in the Church of England but
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Christian mission & evangelism [HRCX7], Christian ministry & pastoral activity [HRCX4], Christian leaders & leadership [HRCX1], Christian Churches & denominations [HRCC], History of religion [HRAX], Social & cultural history [HBTB]