Church, Chapel and Party

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.

Publication Year: 2008
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: H
Weight (Gram): 520