The Diocesan Revival in the Church of England c.1800-1870: (Oxford Historical Monographs)

Series: Oxford Historical Monographs

This book provides the first account of an important but neglected aspect of the history of the nineteenth-century Church of England: the reform of its diocesan structure. It illustrates how one of the most important institutions of Victorian England responded at a regional level to the pastoral challenge of a rapidly changing society.