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CHURCH HISTORY IN LEICESTERSHIRE

Nick Miller

ISBN 978-1-916668-06-5

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Publication: 25 JANUARY 2024
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ISBN: 9781916668065
Price: £14.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 234 x 156 mm
Extent: 300 pp
Illustrated: 2 x 8pp plates
Thema: QRAX History of Religion

Author location: Newcastle. Book location: Leicestershire

• A comprehensive and accessible book viewing the
history of religion in England from pre-Christian
times to the twentieth century, focusing on the
experiences of the clergy and parishioners of
Leicestershire.
• The narrative records sweeping religious and
political movements, potentates of church and
state, but the central themes are articulated
through the lives, words and deeds of the everyday
clergy and laity in the fields and towns where
history was made.
Nick Miller is a retired clinician and academic, with a life-long interest • Written by an experienced author with a passion for
and involvement in church history. Nick has (co)authored five history, especially church history, who has a
academic books and more than two-hundred articles, with a lifetime's active involvement in church matters.
reputation for conveying complex ideas and narratives in language Church History in Leicestershire charts the story of religion in
accessible to all. Nick is a member of the Leicestershire England from pre-Christian times to the twentieth century, viewed
Archaeological and Historical Society and has a lifetime’s active through events and the eyes and experiences of people in
involvement in church matters, as lay-person, songman, musician Leicestershire. Weaving together
and faith-school governor. ecclesiastical, political and social strands it chronicles the
tortuous tale of religion, churches and the people who worshipped
there.

Where did churches and chapels come from; who built them,
when and why? What significance lies in their looks and names?
What made people so devoted to them? Why do they still exist?
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T: 01404 515050 The book covers sweeping religious and political movements,
E: enquiries@starbooksales.com potentates of church and state, but centre-stage are the clergy,

Orders: Troubador Publishing their parishioners, churches and chapels: how they thrived or
Tradeorders@troubador.co.uk perished, weathered plague and invasions, grappled with their
0116 279 2299 consciences during the Reformation and Civil Wars, founded
powerful new denominations and championed social reform when
Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change Leicester(shire) became a hub of Christian Socialism and
without notice. 01/12/2023 Secularism. Closing sections reflect on the church’s past and
future, as it faces debates as fundamental as any previously
encountered.