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The Society for the Reformation of Manners in Hull, 1698-1706: 'Favour'd with the Lord's wonders'

Abstract

The 1698 Act of Toleration legalised Christian worship outside the Church of England and unleashed a wave of religious fervour throughout the United Kingdom. In Hull, a group of nonconformist mariners, merchants, and tradesmen formed a regional branch of the Society for the Reformation of Manners to turn back the swelling tides of sin they perceived in their community. To this end, they sued their neighbours and sponsored sermons on spiritual reformation. Their successes and failures shed new light on the degree to which High Church Tories were willing to tolerate the Toleration. This volume presents the society’s records in full for the first time, with an introduction analysng their origins, methods, and ultimate decline.

Authors

Reed, Daniel

Dates

Year of publication: 2022
Date of RADAR deposit: 2022-08-31

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Related resources

This RADAR resource is Part of The Society for the Reformation of Manners in Hull, 1698-1706: 'Favour'd with the Lord's wonders' [ISBN: 9781786839558] / by Daniel Reed (University of Wales Press, 2022).