An Ecclesiastical Descent: Religion and History in the Work of William Stubbs
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KIRBY, JE
Abstract
jats:pThis article explores the relationship between religion and historiography in the work of the historian and bishop William Stubbs (1825–1901). Previous studies of Stubbs have neglected the High-Church influences which demonstrably pervaded his thought, and shaped his ideas of the English past, of the Christian purposes of history, and of the historical process itself. Recovering the confessional bent of Stubbs's approach to the past challenges assumptions about not only academic professionalisation, but also the prevalence through the Victorian period of a ‘Whig interpretation’ of history.</jats:p>
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5005 Theology, 4303 Historical Studies, 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology
Journal Title
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
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0022-0469
1469-7637
1469-7637
Volume Title
65
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)