Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815

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Religious activity flourished in the eighteenth-century navy; this book examines the reasons why and its manifestations.

The Evangelical Admiral Gambier, notorious for distributing tracts to his fleet in a theatre of war, is commonly seen as a misfit in a fighting service that had scant time for fervent piety. In fact, the navy of the Revolutionaryand Napoleonic Wars showed a level of religious obs...
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Religious activity flourished in the eighteenth-century navy; this book examines the reasons why and its manifestations.

The Evangelical Admiral Gambier, notorious for distributing tracts to his fleet in a theatre of war, is commonly seen as a misfit in a fighting service that had scant time for fervent piety. In fact, the navy of the Revolutionaryand Napoleonic Wars showed a level of religious obs...
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  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9781846156359
  • Publication Date: 20 Mar 2008
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM