Providing a comparative study of the national churches of England, Ireland and Scotland, Brown traces the end of the confessional state idea in the United Kingd

Providing a comparative study of the national churches of England, Ireland and Scotland, Brown traces the end of the confessional state idea in the United Kingd

In 1801, the United Kingdom was a semi-confessional State, and the national established Churches of England, Ireland and Scotland were vital to the constitution

The changing relationship between the church and its supporters is key to understanding changing religious and social attitudes in Victorian Britain. Using the