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National thanksgivings and ideas of Britain, 1689-1816
- Author / Creator
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- Online
- Summary
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Examines sermons preached at national thanksgiving celebrations to show in detail what it meant to be properly British in the period.
Details
- Creator
- Warren Johnston
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Suffolk : The Boydell Press, 2020
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 395 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- ISBNs
- 9781787448407, 1787448401, 1783273585
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 May 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-386) and index.
- Sermons and Thanksgiving-day sermons in the long eighteenth century -- Thanksgiving-day sermons : purposes and meanings -- 'The Palladium of our safety' : providence and Britain -- Political theory and principles -- 'The Carping Age' : the politics of unity and discord -- War -- Costs of war and consequences of peace -- Commerce and Empire -- Anglicanism, dissent, anti-Catholicism, and infidelity -- Others and Britons