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The Political Apprenticeship of Benjamin Hoadly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Edwin R. Bingham
Edwin R. Bingham
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University of California at Los Angeles
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Although nothing approaching the number of words written by Benjamin Hoadly during the eighty-five years of life has been written about him in the 185 years since his death—still, the contentious Bishop has been by no means neglected by historians of eighteenth century England. Hoadly's peculiar position with respect to the Established Church has been dissected out of the complicated anatomy of the Bangorian controversy. His major political treatises have been screened to reveal original contributions to political theory—with largely negative results. His remarkable and rapid climb up the ladder of preferment after the accession of George I, when the Whigs once more prevailed in ministerial and parlimentary positions, has been generally interpreted as payment for substantial services rendered. However, so far as the writer is aware, the preliminary establishment of Benjamin Hoadly's right to Whig patronage has not received detailed consideration.

Type
Research Article
Information
Church History , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 1947 , pp. 154 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Church History 1947

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