Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Anglican Church
Connections
Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Cultural formation | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | |
Cultural formation | Mary Ann Cavendish Bradshaw | She was born into the Anglo-Irish or Ascendancy upper class, a Church of Ireland
member with close blood ties to the dispossessed, Catholic
, Irish nobility. Her family closely reflected the political and religious conflicts... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Ann Cavendish Bradshaw | Her mother, born Arabella FitzGibbon
, was eldest daughter of John FitzGibbon, who had converted from Catholicism to Protestantism in order to qualify for the law, in which career he proved highly successful. She was... |
Cultural formation | Anna Eliza Bray | |
Cultural formation | Angela Brazil | AB
's family belonged to the British middle class, although her father's family was Irish and her mother was half-Scots, half-Spanish. As an adult she had a stronger sense of ruling-class consciousness than her father's... |
Cultural formation | Ann Bridge | AB
sprang from two different cultures. Her mother was a white Southern American from before the Civil War and in religion an Episcopalian
(in English terms an Anglican), while her father was English and was... |
Intertextuality and Influence | Vera Brittain | The words of the title are used to describe marriage in the Church of England
's Book of Common Prayer. In her foreword to the novel, VB
explained that Honourable Estate purports to show... |
Cultural formation | Anne Brontë | |
Cultural formation | Charlotte Brontë | |
Cultural formation | Emily Brontë | Of Irish and English descent, Emily was raised in the Church of England
as the daughter of a clergyman. Almost nothing is known directly of her personality and opinions; one biographer characterizes her as secretive... |
Cultural formation | Charlotte Brooke | Sources also differ as to whether her family were Church of IrelandAnglicans
(following long tradition) and Charlotte later inclined to Methodism
or Evangelicism, like her mother, or whether while many of her relations were... |
Literary responses | Emma Frances Brooke | W. T. Stead
's rapid and strong disaproval of the novel on grounds of immorality in the Pall Mall Gazette spelled instant notoriety. Despite EFB
's moral purpose, Stead declared: its whole significance lies in... |
Cultural formation | Frances Brooke | |
Cultural formation | Christine Brooke-Rose | |
Cultural formation | Brigid Brophy |
Timeline
April 1886: Daybreak, an illustrated magazine of the...
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April 1886
Daybreak, an illustrated magazine of the Church of EnglandZenana Missionary Society
, began monthly publication in London.
1891: The White Cross League, a chastity society...
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1891
The White Cross League
, a chastity society founded in 1883, merged with the Anglican ChurchChurch of England Purity Society
and was henceforth know as the White Cross Society.
1894: The Case for Disestablishment was published...
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1894
The Case for Disestablishment was published by the Liberation Society
.
1896: The Church of England formed the Church Reform...
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1896
The Church of England
formed the Church Reform League
.
1897: The Order of Deaconesses within the Anglican...
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1897
The Order of Deaconesses within the Anglican Church
(an order of ministry lower than that of priests) was finally recognized by the Lambeth Conference
of Anglican bishops.
1903: The Representative Church Council was created...
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1903
The Representative Church Council
was created to advocate for the Church of England
's legislative autonomy from Parliament.
20 April 1904: The Church of Ireland, responding to maltreatment...
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20 April 1904
The Church of Ireland
, responding to maltreatment of the Jewish community of Limerick, complained to the British government of the persecution of Protestants and Jews in Ireland.
January 1912: The Church League for Women's Suffrage began...
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January 1912
The Church League for Women's Suffrage began monthly publication in London.
June 1917: The Friendly Leaves ended publication in...
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June 1917
The Friendly Leaves ended publication in London.
June 1917: The Friendly Work ceased publication in ...
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June 1917
The Friendly Work ceased publication in London.
July 1917: GFS Magazine, devoted to the moral welfare...
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July 1917
GFS Magazine, devoted to the moral welfare of young women, began monthly publication in London from the Girls' Friendly Society
of the Church of England
.
December 1917: The Church League for Women's Suffrage ended...
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December 1917
The Church League for Women's Suffrage ended monthly publication in London.
1918: The National Mission of Repentance and Hope,...
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1918
The National Mission of Repentance and Hope
, an evangelising organisation created by the Church of England
in 1916, published several reports.
January 1918: Daybreak, an illustrated monthly magazine...
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January 1918
Daybreak, an illustrated monthly magazine of the Church of EnglandZenana Missionary Society
, ended publication in London.
1919: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge...
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1919
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
published The Ministry of Women, a report on women's ministry in the Church of England
over the last seventy years.
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