High Church Prophet: Bishop Samuel Horsley (1733-1806) and the Caroline Tradition in the Later Georgian Church

by F. C. Mather

Overview

Though he never attained the highest office in the Church of England, Samuel Horsley was the ablest bishop on the bench in the late eighteenth century. He was a scientist, parliamentarian, and man of letters, as well as a leading theologian and diocesan administrator. Mather's scholarly and perceptive biography provides a portrait of Horsley and the Church of England in an age of intellectual, social, and political revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198202271
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/11/1992
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.03(d)

About the Author

University of Southampton

Editorial Reviews

"A carefully researched and clearly written biography."—Albion

"Mather's work is a needed and valuable addition to our knowledge of the period."—American Historical Review

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