Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Notes on elements of the text xi
5. List of general thanksgiving days 1689–1816 xiv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Sermons and thanksgiving-day sermons in the long eighteenth century 11
8. 2 Thanksgiving-day sermons – purposes and meanings 31
9. 3 ‘The Palladium of our Safety’ – Providence and Britain 59
10. 4 Political theory and principles 91
11. 5 ‘This Carping Age’ – the politics of unity and discord 115
12. 6 War 151
13. 7 Costs of war and consequences of peace 174
14. 8 Commerce and Empire 205
15. 9 Anglicanism, dissent, anti-Catholicism, and infidelity 231
16. 10 Others and Britons 260
17. Conclusion 292
18. Appendix A: Thanksgiving-day preachers’ and sermon details 297
19. Appendix B: Denominational breakdown of thanksgiving-day preachers 330
20. Appendix C: Main scriptural texts used for thanksgiving-day sermons 331
21. Bibliography of primary sources 333
22. Bibliography of secondary sources 379
23. Index 387