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Church, Chapel and Party: Religious Dissent and Political Modernization in Nineteenth-Century England - Studies in Modern History Richard D. Floyd
Church, Chapel and Party: Religious Dissent and Political Modernization in Nineteenth-Century England - Studies in Modern History
Richard D. Floyd
Through close examination of dozens of electoral contests in carefully chosen constituencies, the author demonstrates that the fundamental division separating the burgeoning liberal and conservative parties in England in the 1830s and 1840s was religion, and that this controversy was what created a perceptible two-party system in British politics.
312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 23, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780230525405 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 295 |
| Dimensions | 138 × 223 × 22 mm · 498 g |