Author: Arthur James Johnes
Title: An Essay on the Causes Which Have Produced Dissent from the Established Church in the Principality of Wales
Description: London, J. Hatchard and Sons, 1832 . Hardback. The second edition of Welsh county court judge Arthur James Johnes's essay on the causes of dissent in Wales. First published in 1831, this is the second edition of Jonhnes's work, very scarce in all editions. Johnes won the Cymmrodorion Society prize for the work.In the essay, Johnes sets out to explore the reasons why Nonconformity was so prevalent in Wales. He argues that several factors contributed to the growth of Nonconformity, including the Welsh language, which he believed was a barrier to communication between Welsh speaking people and the English speaking clergy of the Church of England.Johnes also points to the lack of Welsh representation in the higher ranks of the Church of England and the absence of a Welsh bishop, which he believed led to a feeling of alienation among Welsh people. With the inscription 'Rev. I Rhys Jones from S. R.' to the front free endpaper.A scarce but important historical record of the role of the Church of England in Welsh history. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Boards detached. Significant losses to paper back strip, and further loss of paper to tail of front board. Marks towards fore edge of front board. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light spotting and throughout, and tide marks to the tail of each leaf of the second half of the work. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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