First published in 1976, this book studies the impact of a uniquely unpopular tax on English rural communities. It examines the tithe system during a period when it was subject to mounting attack from political economists, agricultural improvers and radicals alike.
First published in 1976, this book studies the impact of a uniquely unpopular tax on English rural communities. It examines the tithe system during a period when it was subject to mounting attack from political economists, agricultural improvers and radicals alike.
Preface; Abbreviations and note on spelling and punctuation; 1. The Economic and Social Status of the Eighteenth-Century Clergy 2. The Nature of the Tithe Problem 3. Tithe Disputes and Litigation 4. The Mounting Pressure for Reform 5. Tithes and the Enclosure Movement 6. The Tithe Commutation Act and its Antecedents 7. Tithe Commutation and the Agricultural Interest 8. Epilogue: From Commutation to Exoneration 1850-1936; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Preface; Abbreviations and note on spelling and punctuation; 1. The Economic and Social Status of the Eighteenth-Century Clergy 2. The Nature of the Tithe Problem 3. Tithe Disputes and Litigation 4. The Mounting Pressure for Reform 5. Tithes and the Enclosure Movement 6. The Tithe Commutation Act and its Antecedents 7. Tithe Commutation and the Agricultural Interest 8. Epilogue: From Commutation to Exoneration 1850-1936; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
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