Victorian Reformation

Victorian Reformation
Author: Dominic Janes
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2009-04-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195378512

In Victorian England there was interest in understanding the early Church as an inspiration for contemporary sanctity. This was manifested in a surge in archaeological inquiry and in the construction of new churches using medieval models. Janes seeks to understand the fierce passions that were unleashed by the contended practices.