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Women And The Family, John Ramsbottom Sep 2015

Women And The Family, John Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

Dr. Ramsbottom's contribution to "A Companion to 18th Century Brittain", Blackwell Publishing 2002.


Entries On William Wilberforce, Henry Thornton, Daniel O’Connell And The Clapham Sect, John Ramsbottom Sep 2015

Entries On William Wilberforce, Henry Thornton, Daniel O’Connell And The Clapham Sect, John Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

Dr. Ramsbottom's contributions to the Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Politics (Greenwood, 2006).


'Conformists' And 'Church Trimmers': The Liturgical Legacy Of Restoration Anglicanism, John Ramsbottom Sep 2015

'Conformists' And 'Church Trimmers': The Liturgical Legacy Of Restoration Anglicanism, John Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

The attention paid to religion in recent accounts of Restoration England has had the refreshing result of adding complexity to the traditionally one-dimensional image of the established Church in this period. No longer is "Anglicanism" seen as synonymous with the reactionary creed of country gentlemen.


Presbyterians And 'Partial Conformity' In The Restoration Church Of England, John Ramsbottom Sep 2015

Presbyterians And 'Partial Conformity' In The Restoration Church Of England, John Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

In the early eighteenth century, the legacy of conflict among English Protestants found an outlet in the controversy over ‘occasional conformity’. During the years 1702–4, Tory backbenchers in the House of Commons introduced a series of bills designed to strengthen the Corporation and Test Acts (1661, 1673), which had required all officials of local government and holders of Crown appointments to adhere to the established Church of England. Since the passage of these legal tests, Protestant Nonconformists seeking office had circumvented their intent by taking communion in an Anglican parish as seldom as once a year, while attending meetings of …


Londoner- The History Game, John Ramsbottom Dec 2006

Londoner- The History Game, John Ramsbottom

John D. Ramsbottom

Learn what life was like in the 17th century by creating a historical personality and following their progress through authentic situations.