xxix, 357 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-347) and index.
Summary
"A thorough, compelling, often amusing account of how the Anglo-Catholic movement in the Victorian Church of England overcame vehement opposition to establish itself as a legitimate form of Anglicanism."--Jacket.
Contents
1. The Seeds of Ritualism -- 2. Into the World -- 3. Ritualism Rampant -- 4. Anglo-Catholicism as a Social Movement -- 5. The Context of Ritualism -- 6. External Alliances and Internal Divisions -- 7. The Appeal to the Clergy -- 8. Ritualism and the Urban Poor -- 9. Who Were the Anglo-Catholic Laity? -- 10. Women and Anglo-Catholicism -- 11. Young Men and Ritualism -- 12. The Opposition -- 13. The Attempt to "Put Down Ritualism" -- 14. The Irony of Anglo-Catholicism -- Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms.