Church, Chapel and Party: Religious Dissent and Political Modernization in Nineteenth-Century England - Paperback

by Richard D. Floyd (Author)

Through close examination of dozens of electoral contests in carefully chosen constituencies, the author demonstrates that the fundamental division separating the burgeoning liberal and conservative parties in England in the 1830s and 1840s was religion, and that this controversy was what created a perceptible two-party system in British politics.

Author Biography

RICHARD D. FLOYD has a BA from The College of William and Mary and a PhD from Washington University, USA. He has taught a number of introductory surveys in history, and as well as upper-division courses in British, European, and imperial history. His other publications include a chapter in History, Nationhood and the Question of Britain (Palgrave, 2004) and contributions to reference works on European, Irish and military history. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and three children.