Clouded Witness. Initiation in the Church of England in the mid-Victorian period, 1850–1875. By Peter J. Jagger. (Pittsburgh Theological Monographs, N.S. I.) Pp. ix + 222. Allison Park, PA: Pickwick Publications/Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1982.

1985 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-684
Author(s):  
Bernard M. G. Reardon
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
Victorian Period ◽  
The Church

scholarly journals Reshaping Rural Culture? The Church of England and Hiring Fairs in the East Riding of Yorkshire c. 1850–80

Rural History ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
GARY MOSES
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Rural Culture ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Rural History ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Victorian Period ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
The Church

A previous article in Rural History entitled ‘“Rustic and Rude”: Hiring Fairs and their Critics in East Yorkshire c. 1850–75’, examined a critique of hiring fairs and farm service mounted by the Church of England in the East Riding of Yorkshire during the mid-Victorian period. This discussion builds upon that article by offering a more detailed examination of the actual attempts to reform and abolish hiring fairs that emanated from that critique. The article examines three stages of reform and abolition stretching over the mid-Victorian period: a first stage that centred upon imposing a system of hiring based upon written characters; a second stage that focussed upon imposing segregated hiring for male and female servants, and a final abolitionist stage. The campaign's tactics and the various measures deployed against hiring fairs during each stage are detailed and their level of success evaluated and explained. The broader motivations of the campaign and the manner in which they signified deeper Church anxieties about the nature of the rural social order are also discussed in a concluding evaluation of the campaign's impact.

Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto, 11th July 1982

Moreana ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (Number 157- (1-2) ◽  
pp. 58-71
Author(s):  
John McConica
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
International Commission ◽  
Medieval Studies ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

During the period in which these papers were given, there were great achievements on the ecumenical scene, as the quest to restore the Church’s unity was pursued enthusiastically by all the major Christiandenominations. The Papal visit of John Paul II to England in 1982 witnessed a warmth in relationships between the Church of England and the Catholic Church that had not been experienced since the early 16th century Reformation in England to which More fell victim. The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission was achieving considerable doctrinal consensus and revisionist scholarship was encouraging an historical review by which the faithful Catholic and the confessing Protestant could look upon each other respectfully and appreciatively. It is to this ecumenical theme that James McConica turns in his contribution.

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