The Halévy Thesis-A Working Hypothesis? English Revivalism

Antidote for Revolution and Radicalism 1789-1815

Bibliographic Data

ID3841562
AuthorsElissa S Itzkin (Adelphi University, corresponding author)
Year1975
Volume44
Issue1
Pages47-56
Publication date1975-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChurch History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3165098
OpenAlexW2164489484
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited11

He "saw England with fresh eyes", and for more than fifty years Elie Halévy's provocative interpretation of the effect of religion on the Victorian out look has continued to engender lively debate and controversy. After his History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century, few historians would contest the practical role of evangelicalism and nonconformity in molding Victorian society. What continues to be challenged is Halévy's claim that the moral influence of the evangelical movement is the parameter within which the social history of nineteenth-century England unfolded

Archaeology · Art · CONTEST · English Revolution · Interpretation (philosophy) · Literature · Management · New england · Nonconformity · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Victorian Era · Classics · European Political History Analysis · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies

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