SCOTLAND, NIGEL. - 'Good and Proper Men': Lord Palmerston and the Bench of Bishops.

Cambridge: James Clarke & Co, 2000. 0227679466. 1st edition. "Prompted by reforming figures such as J.B.Sumner and Samuel Wilberforce in the early Victorian years, some attempts were made to reform the role and image of the episcopate. No widespread change was observable, however, until Palmeston became Prime Minister in 1855. During his ten years in office he appointed bishops to nineteen English sees, and when he died more than half the bishops were his appointees..They were predominantly pastors of the people rather than distant prelates.They reformed their dioceses..they built churches and schools, promoted teacher education and missions.." Pp.272, 8 portrait illustrations. Red cloth, dustwrapper has small patch from old price sticker to rear. VG/VG.

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