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Blessed Company
John K. Nelson
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Description for Blessed Company
Paperback. Blessed Company: Parishes, Parsons, and Parishioners in Anglican Virginia, 1690-1776 Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC7; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
In this book, John Nelson reconstructs everyday Anglican religious practice and experience in Virginia from the end of the seventeenth century to the start of the American Revolution. Challenging previous characterizations of the colonial Anglican establishment as weak, he reveals the fundamental role the church played in the political, social, and economic as well as the spiritual lives of its parishioners.
Drawing on extensive research in parish and county records and other primary sources, Nelson describes Anglican Virginia's parish system, its parsons, its rituals of worship and rites of passage, and its parishioners' varied relationships to the church. ... Read more
In this book, John Nelson reconstructs everyday Anglican religious practice and experience in Virginia from the end of the seventeenth century to the start of the American Revolution. Challenging previous characterizations of the colonial Anglican establishment as weak, he reveals the fundamental role the church played in the political, social, and economic as well as the spiritual lives of its parishioners.
Drawing on extensive research in parish and county records and other primary sources, Nelson describes Anglican Virginia's parish system, its parsons, its rituals of worship and rites of passage, and its parishioners' varied relationships to the church. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469614977
SKU
V9781469614977
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About John K. Nelson
John K. Nelson is professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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