Society for the Reformation of Manners in Hull, 1698-1706 - ''Favour''d With the Lord''s Wonders''

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Reed is a research fellow and public engagement manager in the School of History, Philosophy, and Culture at Oxford Brookes University. Klappentext The Society for the Reformation of Manners in Hull was formed in 1698 by religiously-inspired mariners, merchants and tradesmen who aimed to hinder the spread of sin and wickedness in their town. Their methods included initiating prosecutions against their neighbours' transgressions, and sponsoring sermons on the subject of spiritual reformation. Unlike other religious societies of this period, the majority of the leading members in the Hull society were Dissenters from the Church of England. For many nonconformists, the period represented a providential 'now or never' moment for moral reform. The Society's activities shed considerable light on the degree to which High Churchmen were willing to tolerate the Toleration. An exceptional survival for a regional society for the reformation of manners, this volume presents their records in full for the first time, with an introductory essay analysing its origins, membership, methods, and ultimate decline.

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• Authors: Daniel Reed
• Assisted by: Daniel Reed (Editor), Reed Daniel (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2022
• EAN: 9781786839558
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-955-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Reformation, with, Society, European History, daniel, RELIGION / History, Reed, RELIGION / Christianity / History, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, Christianity, of, History of Religion, British & Irish history, Hull, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, for, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1700 to c 1709, Wonders', 'Favour'd, manners, 1706, Lord's, 1698