Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Notes on the Text; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Redefining 'the Age of Wilberforce'; 1 'Spheres of Influence': the Evangelical Clergy, c. 1770-1830; 2 Business, Banking and Bibles in Late-Hanoverian London; 3 The Development of an Anglican Evangelical Party, c. 1800-35; 4 Forging an Evangelical Empire: Sierra Leone and the Wider British World; 5 Patriotism, Piety and Patronage: Evangelicals and the Royal Navy; 6 'Small Detachments of Maniacs'? Evangelicals and the East India Company; Conclusion: Britannia Converted?
Summary
A compelling study of Anglican Evangelicalism in the Age of Wilberforce revealing its potency as a political machine whose reach extended into every area of the British establishment and its nascent Empire
Notes
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