William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain
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Perhaps the most eminent of eminent Victorians, a master alike of parliamentary debate and public oratory, and regarded as the greatest Christian statesman of his day, William Ewart Gladstone (1809- 1898) governed Britain at a time when the country stood at the apex of the world affairs. In this book historian David Bebbington presents a superb, balanced portrait of Gladstone — his character, his convictions, his actions, his legacy.
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William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain
This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

Perhaps the most eminent of eminent Victorians, a master alike of parliamentary debate and public oratory, and regarded as the greatest Christian statesman of his day, William Ewart Gladstone (1809- 1898) governed Britain at a time when the country stood at the apex of the world affairs. In this book historian David Bebbington presents a superb, balanced portrait of Gladstone — his character, his convictions, his actions, his legacy.
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William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain

William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain

by David W. Bebbington
William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain

William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain

by David W. Bebbington

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This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

Perhaps the most eminent of eminent Victorians, a master alike of parliamentary debate and public oratory, and regarded as the greatest Christian statesman of his day, William Ewart Gladstone (1809- 1898) governed Britain at a time when the country stood at the apex of the world affairs. In this book historian David Bebbington presents a superb, balanced portrait of Gladstone — his character, his convictions, his actions, his legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802801524
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 05/11/1993
Series: Library of Religious Biography (LRB)
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

David W. Bebbington has taught at the University of Stirling since 1976. In 2016 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His publications include Evangelicalism in Modern Britain; and, as editor, Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century.

Table of Contents

    Foreword, by Nathan O. Hatch
    Preface
    A Gladstone Chronology

  1. Gladstone and Victorian Britain
  2. Gladstone's Formation, 1809-1832
  3. Gladstone's Thought, 1832-1841
  4. Gladstone and Crisis, 1841-1851
  5. Gladstone and Reform, 1852-1868
  6. Gladstone and Overseas Relations, 1835-1868
  7. Gladstone's Private Life
  8. Gladstone's First Government, 1868-1874
  9. Gladstone's Foreign and Imperial Policies, 1868-1898
  10. Gladstone and the Liberal Party, 1874-1894
  11. Gladstone and Irish Policy, 1880-1894
  12. Gladstone and Victorian Christianity
  13. A Note on the Sources
    Index

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