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W. E. Gladstone, ‘Parliamentary Doings with the Irish Church’

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ID9983904
AuthorsDouglas Kanter (Florida Atlantic University, corresponding author), Jami Powell (0000-0002-1456-4857, Florida Atlantic University), John Powell (0000-0001-6124-439X)
Year2018
Volume42
Issue161
Pages115-142
Publication date2018-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIrish Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-1214 • E-ISSN: 2056-4139
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/ihs.2018.4
OpenAlexW2808177658
LanguageEN
References cited4

This article introduces a newly discovered essay by W. E. Gladstone, ‘Parliamentary Doings with the Irish Church’, originally published in the Dublin University Magazine in 1834. The introduction examines the context of the essay’s composition, relating it to the young Gladstone’s commitment to the confessional state, as well as to the contemporary debate over the appropriation of the revenues of the Church of Ireland. It then attempts to explain how – through a combination of political circumstances, Gladstone’s subtle reshaping of the historical record, and editorial confusion – a significant article, published in a major Irish journal, went virtually unnoticed for more than 180 years. ‘Parliamentary Doings with the Irish Church’, the text of which is reproduced here in full, constituted Gladstone’s first attempt to use the quarterly press to influence public opinion, anticipating his first book by four years, and what had previously been considered his first journal article by nine years

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