HIS241H1 Lecture : HIS241 - October 11.docx
Document Summary
Most of the population of all social classes attended church: religion had a huge impact on society. 1750 - 1850 - other forms of protestant denominations gained prominance and the church of england was failing for its population. Every one except the quakers were somewhat calvinist. Non-conformity became stronger in the second half of the 18th century. 1851 religious census: went and counted heads on a sunday, there were lots of non-conformers, provided over half of the religion in england and wales, 5 million potential worshippers. Was not evidence of religious dissention, mostly people who hadn"t had religious teaching and felt uncomfortable going into the church setting: higher levels of religious attendance in scotland and wales than in england. Methodism meant that other non-conformists groups were higher in scotland and. There was an erosion of the monopoly of the church of england. The growth of protestant dissent was related to industrialization and urbanization of the british economy.
