Domestic biography [electronic resource] : the legacy of evangelicalism in four nineteenth-century families / Christopher Tolley.
Series: Oxford historical monographs: Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 1997Description: 1 online resource (x, 282 p.) : geneal. tables.ISBN: 9780191677182 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Evangelicalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Biography as a literary form
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ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
An account of the influence of evangelicalism upon eminent Victorians. Recording family life was an important ritual in Victorian households and the author uses documents from the archives of four families to analyze the biographical tradition and its lasting effects upon "family values".
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.