Trollope and the Church of England

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
The Trollope Family’s Ecclesiastical Connections......Page 15
Introduction......Page 18
1 Divisions in the Church: Trollope’s Decline into Pessimism......Page 28
The high church......Page 30
The low church......Page 37
The broad church......Page 45
Trollope’s pessimism and schism......Page 49
2 Patronage versus Philanthropy......Page 59
Patronage, birthright and merit......Page 60
Motivation and origin of philanthropy......Page 63
The varieties of ecclesiastical patronage......Page 69
The varieties of philanthropy......Page 76
The abuses of patronage......Page 84
The abuses of philanthropy......Page 90
The consequences of patronage and philanthropy......Page 94
3 Gentlemen Clergymen......Page 100
The gentleman and birthright......Page 102
The questioning of inherited integrity......Page 104
The questioning of inherited prosperity and inherited integrity......Page 106
The questioning of birthright and education......Page 108
Birthright distinctions and clerical calling......Page 109
Birthright, education and poverty......Page 113
Birthright and indolence......Page 116
Birthright and laissez-faire......Page 118
Birthright and decadence......Page 119
4 Women and the Church......Page 124
Wives......Page 128
Mothers......Page 133
Daughters......Page 135
Single women......Page 137
5 The Church, Politics and Social Reform......Page 147
Trollope’s political and ecclesiastical connections......Page 151
The intermixing of politics and religion......Page 153
The education of the young......Page 159
The sundering of marital ties......Page 161
The disposal of the dead......Page 166
The threat of Roman Catholicism......Page 170
The example of the disestablishment of the Irish Church......Page 178
The threat of disestablishment of the Church of England......Page 182
Conclusion......Page 192
Notes......Page 200
Bibliography......Page 224
Index......Page 235