Anglicans have played a prominent role in welfare and education since Colonial times, when First Fleet chaplain Richard Johnson was credited by one convict as "the physician both of soul and body" dur ...
When the First Fleet was sent to New South Wales in 1787, the Reverend Richard Johnson of the Church of England was licensed as chaplain to the Fleet and the settlement. In 1825 the Revd Thomas Scott ...
In both cases, these areas were disestablished and dissolved, yet their presences were tolerated by the English and later British colonial governments, as Foreign Protestants, whose communities were e ...
In some countries, there is a political ideology sponsored by the government that may be called political religion.North Korea: the North Korean government has promulgated Juche as a political alterna ...
The degree and nature of state backing for denomination or creed designated as a state religion can vary. It can range from mere endorsement (with or without financial support) with freedom for other ...
In the meantime, though, intellectual history remained the dominant historiographical trend. The German scholar Ernst Cassirer is typical, writing in his The Philosophy of the Enlightenment (1932) tha ...
A genre that greatly rose in importance was that of scientific literature. Natural history in particular became increasingly popular among the upper classes. Works of natural history include René-Ant ...
In opposition to the intellectual historiographical approach of the Enlightenment, which examines the various currents or discourses of intellectual thought within the European context during the 17th ...
The term "Enlightenment" did not come into use in English until the latter part of the 19th century, with particular reference to French philosophy, as the equivalent of the French term 'Lumières' (u ...
John Hubert Plunkett was born at Mount Plunkett, County Roscommon, Ireland, younger of twins and son of George Plunkett, and his wife Eileen, née O'Kelly. Plunkett entered Trinity College, Dublin, in ...
The Parliament of New South Wales is Australia's oldest legislature. It had its beginnings when New South Wales was a British colony under the control of the Governor and was first established in 1823 ...
The Bill of Rights laid out certain basic rights for all Englishmen. The Act stated that there should be:no royal interference with the law. Though the sovereign remains the fount of justice, he or sh ...
Since there is no direct, consistent correlate of the English definite article in Latin, the usual academic convention is to refer to the document in English without the article as "Magna Carta" rathe ...
Clauses 10 and 11 related to money lending and Jews in England. Jews were particularly involved in money lending, as they were not bound by Christian teachings on usury. Clause 10 said that children w ...
Rebellion and creation of the document Main article: John, King of EnglandPope Innocent III (d.1216; mural 1219)A group of barons began to conspire against King John in 1209 and in 1212; promises made ...
